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Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894 [Scammon endorsement on a telegram from T K. McCann]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.131 Author/Creator: Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894 Place Written: Wheeling, West Virginia Type: Autograph endorsement signed Date: circa 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 13 cm, Width: 13 cm Order a Copy

Telegram from McCann to Brigadier General Scammon informing that he can get two mountain howitzers for his division. With autograph endorsement signed by Scammon in initials stating "Yes! When will you come?" On stationary of the U.S. Military Telegraph. Year inferred from similar documents in the collection and from Scammon's rank. Bottom half of sheet has been ripped off.

Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894
McCann, T. K., fl. 1863

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