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Cooper, Samuel, 1798-1876 [Telegraph to James G. Martin]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02233.33 Author/Creator: Cooper, Samuel, 1798-1876 Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Manuscript document Date: 30 July 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 7.5 x 19.5 cm. Order a Copy

Manuscript copy of a telegraph sent to Brigadier James G. Martin ordering "the execution of privates William Leggett & Canada Barnes...suspended until further notice." Docket contains autograph endorsement signed by Charles Grice Elliot, Martin's assistant adjutant general.

Martin, J. G. (James Green), 1819-1878
Cooper, Samuel, fl. 1863
Elliot, Charles Grice, b. 1840
Wortham, George, fl. 1823-1883

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