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Brown, Joseph E. (Joseph Emerson) (1821-1894) to Paul J. Semmes

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00572.33 Author/Creator: Brown, Joseph E. (Joseph Emerson) (1821-1894) Place Written: Savannah, Georgia Type: Telegram Date: 10 March 1861 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 13 x 21 cm. Order a Copy

Telegram from the Governor of Georgia telling Semmes he must see him in Savannah immediately, before his company is organized. Reads " I must see you before you organize your command. Come to Savannah immediately - Answer." Docketed at bottom. On stationery of the American Telegraph Company.

Brown, Joseph Emerson, 1821-1894
Semmes, Paul Jones, 1815-1863

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