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Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894 to Rutherford B. Hayes

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.027 Author/Creator: Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894 Place Written: Fayetteville, West Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: circa 1863-1864 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 12 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Advises that General Jacob Dolson Cox urges Colonel Hayes to increase scouting to obtain information. Undated except for the 8th, year inferred from location and Hayes rank as Colonel, which he was promoted to in October 1862. Possibly April based on similar documents in the collection.

Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894
Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893
Cox, Jacob Dolson, 1828-1900

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