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Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894 to Rutherford B. Hayes

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.030 Author/Creator: Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894 Place Written: Fayetteville, West Virginia Type: Autograph note signed Date: circa 1862 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 7 cm, Width: 20.3 cm Order a Copy

Writes to Colonel Hayes of the 23rd Ohio regiment to ask if a certain boy is employed by the regiment. On a scrap of paper. Dated only the 7th, no month or year. Year inferred from Scammon's rank as Colonel.

Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894
Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893

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