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Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870 Endorsement (by Lee and Beauregard) of telegram from Gov. Zebulon B. Vance

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00670 Author/Creator: Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870 Place Written: Various Places Type: Autograph endorsement signed Date: 05 September 1864 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 10 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Telegram from Raleigh, N.C. written in a clerical hand on stationery of the Southern Telegraph Company. Endorsed on verso by Beauregard and Lee. Vance was North Carolina governor.

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