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Scammon, Eliakim Parker (1816-1894) to Jacob Dolson Cox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.105 Author/Creator: Scammon, Eliakim Parker (1816-1894) Place Written: Fayetteville, West Virginia Type: Autograph note signed Date: circa 1862 Pagination: 1 p. ; 8.5 x 19.4 cm. Order a Copy

Colonel Scammon of the 23rd Ohio writes General Cox commanding at Charleston, West Virginia to say thanks for the tents and that he will send for blankets. Only dated the 7th, year inferred from Scammon's rank as Colonel.

Cox, Jacob Dolson, 1828-1900

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