Receipt for donation to the Soldiers' Orphans' Home by David Spears

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A receipt dated July 1, 1870 for $0.50 paid to the building fund of the "Sabbath School Monumental Mansion, for the Soldiers' Orphans' Home at Xenia, O" by David Spears. The receipt is printed in black ink on light brown paper and completed by hand in graphite. There are handwritten notes on the back of the card: [Coal 27.00, $6.56 / paid nov. 13th, 1882].

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