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Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894 [Scammon endorsement on a telegram from Rutherford B. Hayes]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.042 Author/Creator: Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894 Place Written: Gauley, West Virginia Type: Autograph endorsement signed Date: 15 March 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 22 cm, Width: 13 cm Order a Copy

Colonel Hayes writes a telegram to General Scammon stating that the 23rd Ohio regiment will move as ordered right away. With an autograph endorsement signed by Scammon. On stationery of the U.S. Military Telegraph. Year inferred from similar documents in the collection.

Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893
Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894

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