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Paxton, J.C., fl. 1863 to Eliakim P. Scammon

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.192 Author/Creator: Paxton, J.C., fl. 1863 Place Written: Belle, West Virginia Type: Manuscript telegram Date: January 29, 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 21.5 cm, Width: 14 cm Order a Copy

Handwritten telegram to Brigadier General Scammon from Colonel Paxton. Talks of someone selling goods for Confederate money and states he told General George Crook about it but nothing was done. Informs that $50 worth of goods were sold to a Mr. Rucker for $200 in Confederate money. On stationary of the U.S. Military Telegraph. Water damaged. Written in Camp Piatt

Paxton, John C., fl. 1863
Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894
Crook, George, 1829-1890

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