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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.123 Author/Creator: Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894 Place Written: Fayette, West Virginia Type: Autograph endorsement signed Date: 30 March 1863 or 1864 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 21.5 cm, Width: 13.2 cm Order a Copy

Telegram from John T. Toland, Colonel Commanding to Captain James L. Botsford, the Assistant Adjutant General. Asks if some arms that are not needed at the post can be sent to the ordnance officer in Charleston, West Virginia. Scammon writes at bottom and signed in initials, "Yes!" On stationary of the U.S. Military Telegraph. Year inferred from Scammon's rank, most likely 1863.

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

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