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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.092 Author/Creator: Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894 Place Written: Fayetteville, West Virginia Type: Autograph note signed Date: 3 April 1862 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 9.2 cm, Width: 20.2 cm Order a Copy

Colonel Scammon of the 23rd Ohio writes to General Cox in Charleston, West Virginia. Gives information on the route from Wytheville to Princeton in West Virginia. States it is 49 miles from Princeton to Wytheville and 42 miles from Raleigh to Princeton. Year inferred from similar documents in this collection.

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

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