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Title: Cipher Book #5
Date Created and/or Issued: 1864
1865
1866
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Thomas T. Eckert Papers
Rights Information: For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Title supplied by cataloger. Laid inside is a letter by W. l. Gross, Headquarters Military Division of Gulf, New Orleans, La., to Charles W. Moore, Cipher Clerk, Mobile, Ala., April 28, 1866; also there are directions for use of codes nos. 4 & 5 on yellow carbon paper. On fly leaf: No. 5. Ms. page numbers. "1864" and "1865" are included on p. 4, leading to the cataloger's suggested date.
Extent: 40, [12] pages ; 16x9 cm
Identifier: mssEC 64
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll11/id/1594
Subject: Cryptography--Handbooks, manuals, etc
Cryptography--United States
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Communications--Sources
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Cryptography
United States. Military Telegraph Corps
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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