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Scott, Winfield (1786-1866) General orders: No. 20

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00911.57 Author/Creator: Scott, Winfield (1786-1866) Place Written: Mexico Type: Document Date: 17 January 1848 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 20.5 x 13 cm. Order a Copy

Signed by H.L. Scott. Docket reads "Genl. Orders, No. 20." Letter from Secretary of War W.L. Marcy to the General-in-Chief of Mexico expressing the President's pride in the American's efforts in that country.

Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866
Scott, H. L. (Henry Lee), 1814-1886

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