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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.035 Author/Creator: Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894 Place Written: Fayetteville, West Virginia Type: Note Date: circa 1862 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 6 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Clerical note from Colonel Scammon to Colonel Hayes of the 23rd Ohio stating that Major General John Charles Fremont is in Wheeling, West Virginia. Undated, year inferred from military rank.

Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894
Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893
Fremont, John Charles, 1813-1890

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