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Title: Cipher book for Generals and Places
Date Created and/or Issued: 1861
1862
1863
1864
1865
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: On fly leaf: S.B. Fairchild. Printed cipher book with the names and or places then filled in; directions in the front. Green leather.
Extent: [26] pages; 15x11 cm
Identifier: mssEC 38
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll11/id/185
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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