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United States Military Telegraph Ledgers (EC 1-21)
Received telegrams, August 11, 1866 to August 1, 1867

Manuscripts

Received telegrams, August 11, 1866 to August 1, 1867

Description: 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.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1866 August 11-1867 August 1
Call number: EC 14
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.)

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