Dec 4, 1899 Telegram from Guanajay, Cuba Commissary to Quemados, Cuba.

Archive

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McKinley Birthplace Museum

Name/Title

Dec 4, 1899 Telegram from Guanajay, Cuba Commissary to Quemados, Cuba.

Entry/Object ID

2010.1.1852

Scope and Content

Telegram from Guanajay to Quemados, Cuba. The telegram consists of a tyepwritten message on yellowed paper, using form 125 B. The message, dated Dec. 4, reads as follows: "Guanajay Barracks Cuba Dec 4 6,45 PM Chief Commissary, Quemados Require three hundred and sixty five pounds fish for issue friday eighth instant Wilcox Commissary," The back of the page consists only of the following handwritten message: "Guanajay Bks. (underlined) Fish required for issue Dec. 8, 1899 (underlined)"

Collection

Bechtel

Acquisition

Accession

2010.1

Source or Donor

Mr. Bechtel

Acquisition Method

Gift/Purchase

Credit Line

BECHTEL