Manuscripts

Passes

Description: 170 pages; 24 x 21 cm. Title from spine label. Stubs for passes written to and from Virginia. There are 3 passes per leaf, of which 33 leaves have been used and reduced to stubs. Signed by C. D. Mehaffey and Anson Stager. On fly leaf is the signature practice for A. Stager of the Military Telegraph.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1862, Feb. 3 -- 1862, Apr. 17
Call number: EC 68
Creator: Eckert, Thomas Thompson (1825-1910)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased in part by the Library Collectors' Council from Seth Kaller, January 21, 2012.
Associated people: Dana, Charles A. (1819-1897.); Dix, John A. (1798-1879.); Grant, Ulysses S. (1822-1885.); Halleck, H. W. (1815-1872.); Lincoln, Abraham, (1809-1865.); McClellan, George B. (1826-1885.); Pinkerton, Allan, (1819-1884.); Scott, Thomas Alexander, (1823-1881.); Sherman, William T. (1820-1891.); Stager, Anson, (1825-1885.); Stanton, Edwin M. (1814-1869.)
Associated organizations: United States.; United States.; United States Military Telegraph.
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Vol. 1, Telegrams Received Maj. Eckert March 20 to May 12, 1864
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Received telegrams, August 11, 1866 to August 1, 1867
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400 pages; 36 x 28 cm. Title supplied by cataloger. On spine label: Received. Written on fly leaf: Received, Aug. 10th, 1866. Approximately 159 telegrams, with 1 crossed out. P. 87-400 are blank.
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Ciphers sent commencing April 29th 1863
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75 pages; 36 x 28 cm. Title from note on first page. No spine or cover labels. Fully in code; appears to be solely for the Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, not Fort Monroe. Approximately 231 telegrams, 7 of which have been partially or completely crossed out. P. 76-199 and 280-400 are blank. Telegrams begin on front fly leaf 2.
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Cipher for Telegraphic Correspondence; arranged expressly for Military Operations, and for important Government despatches. [Cipher Book #1]
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32 pages; 15 x 9 cm. List of cipher holders on inside front cover. Handwritten instructions for use on t.p. verso. Cipher for numerals on back fly leaf. Single leaf with handwritten miscellaneous terms.
EC 43
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Cipher for Telegraphic Correspondence; arranged expressly for Military Operations, and for important Government despatches. [Cipher Book #1]
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