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Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894 to Jacob Dolson Cox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.091 Author/Creator: Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894 Place Written: Fayetteville, West Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 31 March 1862 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 13 cm, Width: 19.2 cm Order a Copy

Colonel Scammon of the 23rd Ohio writes to General Cox in Charleston, West Virginia to state that the men of the 30th regiment have $5000 to send to needy families. Wants to send Captain Fowler with the money and reports it will take 15 days. Year inferred from Scammon's rank as Colonel.

Cox, Jacob Dolson, 1828-1900
Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894

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