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Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894 [Scammon note]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.100 Author/Creator: Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894 Place Written: Fayetteville, West Virginia Type: Autograph note signed Date: circa spring 1862 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 5.5 cm, Width: 17 cm Order a Copy

Colonel Scammon of the 23rd Ohio notes done "A. Huddleston/Gauley/No./E.P. Scammon." Only dated the 3rd, year inferred from similar documents in the collection.

Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894

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