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Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894 [Scammon endorsement on a telegram to James L. Botsford]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.195 Author/Creator: Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894 Place Written: Fayette, West Virginia Type: Autograph endorsement signed Date: February 3, 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 21.5 cm, Width: 14 cm Order a Copy

Handwritten telegram to Captain Botsford, Assistant Adjutant General, from Colonel Toland. Asks where between Piney and Fayette, West Virginia someone named Thurman (possibly a Confederate) is supposed to be. With autograph endorsement signed in initials by General Eliakim Scammon of the 23rd Ohio saying received. On stationary of the U.S. Military Telegraph.

Toland, John T., fl. 1863-1864
Botsford, James Lawrence, 1834-1898
Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894

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