Dec 24,1899 telegram from Wilcox, Commissary at Guanajay, Cuba to Chief Commissary at Quemados

Archive

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McKinley Birthplace Museum

Name/Title

Dec 24,1899 telegram from Wilcox, Commissary at Guanajay, Cuba to Chief Commissary at Quemados

Entry/Object ID

2010.1.1854a

Scope and Content

Telegram from Crofton, to Chief Commissary Havana Dec 24, 1899.The telegram consists of a tyepwritten message on yellowed paper, using form 125 B. The message reads as follows: "Following from Commissary Pinar del Rio. 'Please wire me if one hundred pounds turkey ordered for Company E First Infantry has been shipped. If so by what train, Crofton Commissary"., Scott.," The back of the page is blank.

Collection

Bechtel

Acquisition

Accession

2010.1

Source or Donor

Mr. Bechtel

Acquisition Method

Gift/Purchase

Credit Line

BECHTEL