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Powell, William Henry, 1823-1879 to James L. Botsford

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.342 Author/Creator: Powell, William Henry, 1823-1879 Place Written: Belle, West Virginia Type: Telegram signed Date: 2 July 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 21.9x 13.3 cm. Order a Copy

"Wm Spence a subject of Queen Victoria residing at King salt works for a year just in reports two Regts & a battalion near sand works two Regts & a battalion at Lewisburg...thinks the 45th is at the salt works" Written in Camp Piatt.

Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894

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