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Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893 to James L. Botsford

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.037 Author/Creator: Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893 Place Written: Gauley, West Virginia Type: Manuscript letter Date: circa 1863-1864 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 7.5 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

Colonel Hayes reports to Captain Botsford that a sergeant in the 23rd Ohio regiment would like to attend his father's homicide trial and that he would like to allow him to go. Undated.

Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893
Botsford, James Lawrence, 1834-1898

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