Telegram from Wilcox Commissary to Smith Chief Commissary Havana, Cuba

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McKinley Birthplace Museum

Name/Title

Telegram from Wilcox Commissary to Smith Chief Commissary Havana, Cuba

Entry/Object ID

2010.1.1847

Scope and Content

Telegram received from Wilcox Commissary via U.S. Signal Corps. The telegram is on yellow paper. Headings are written in Spanish, with the English translation beneath. The message on the front reads "Smith Chief Commissary Havana Cuba. Will you please have our ice increased to eleven hundred and fifty pounds commencing tomorrow. Wilcox Commissary." Handwritten addendum reads "telephone this to chief Comy Province HTP & then refer it." The back also has the same headings and translations as the front. A rubber stamp is on the right side of the page with the following information: "2059 Purchasing & Depot Com'sy. Havana, Cuba May 26, 1899."

Collection

Bechtel

Acquisition

Accession

2010.1

Source or Donor

Mr. Bechtel

Acquisition Method

Gift/Purchase

Credit Line

BECHTEL