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English: Tells Eliot that he has received a message from General Sherman requesting six thousand shirts, combs, etc., and that everything is ready.



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Western Sanitary Commission,

No. 10 NORTH FIFTH STREET.

St. Louis, Sept 30 1864

Dear Dr

I to day recd [received] the enclosed dispatch from Genl Sherman have six thousand Shirts ready to ship with scissors combs & have addd [additional] Buttons, thread, needles, Pins, and [word unclear]. have telegraphed him the numbers, and stated that more could be sent if necessary. I send you this [word unclear] that you would be interested in learning it.

Every thing is ready and waiting on QuarterMaster. Take care of yourself this[?] damp weather—

truly Yrs J E. Y—[James E. Yeatman]


Title: Letter signed J.E.Y. [James E. Yeatman], Western Sanitary Commission, St. Louis, to Dr. [William G. Eliot], September 30, 1864
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Source Missouri History Museum
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Author Yeatman, James E., 1818-1901
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William Greenleaf Eliot Papers- Box 2. Papers
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Charity
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Civil War, 1861-1865
Armed Forces
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168806
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