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White, Carr Bailey, 1823-1871 [Orders of Captain Williams]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.119 Author/Creator: White, Carr Bailey, 1823-1871 Place Written: West Virginia Type: Manuscript telegram Date: circa 1863 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 15.6 cm, Width: 19.6 cm Order a Copy

Possibly a copy in General Eliakim P. Scammon's hand. Talks of a court case. States that Captain Williams asked him for the names of the persons that pressed charges against Hines and Carey and the witnesses. On verso is a gravestone inscription and rough sketch of a gravestone. "Sacred/To ye memory of Mrs. Elizur Holyoke Who departe this life Oct ye 17, 1657...." Undated, year inferred from similar documents in collection. Written on paper with the embossed with a stamp of Congress. Title from docket.

White, Carr Bailey, 1823-?
Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894

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