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Title
War D[epartment] Ciphers Sent Jany 27th 1864 to Dec 2[nd?]
Date Created and/or Issued
1864
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Thomas T. Eckert Papers
Rights Information
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Description
Title from spine label. On cover: Sent. Approximately 824 telegrams, 4 of which have been partially or completely crossed out.
Extent
400, [8] pages ; 36x28 cm
Identifier
mssEC 19
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll11/id/9302
Subject
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Communications--Sources
United States Military Telegraph--Archives
United States. Military Telegraph Corps
United States. War Department--Correspondence
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Cryptography
Source
Thomas T. Eckert papers, 1861-1877 (bulk 1862-1867)
Thomas T. Eckert Papers, Decoding the Civil War
Provenance
Purchased in part by the Library Collectors' Council from Seth Kaller, January 21, 2012.

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