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Letter from M. Hoge to D.W. Tolford

Creator:: Hoge, M.
Collection:: Cabinet Members Collection
Location:: Camp Dennison, Ohio
Date of Original:: 1862
Description:: Letter, 20 cm, explaining the delay in the appointment of M. Callander after ""the President ordered the appointment"" but ""I would advise you not to give up yet."" Signed by M. Hoge, Surgeon in Charge. Endorsed by Secretary of the Treasury Salmon Chase: ""Mr. Hay will remember the Presidents direction to appoint Rev. D.W. Tolford, Chaplain at Camp Dennison. It seems that there has been some mistake have it rectified."" Hoge is likely Milton Hoge, Assistant Surgeon in the 52nd Ohio Infantry.
Subject:: Tolford, D. W. (David W.), 1810-1877--Correspondence; Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Chaplains

Category:: Manuscripts & Documents
Format of Original:: Manuscript
Item ID:: 71200908301878
Holding Institution:: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Digital File ID:: 71200908301878
Available for Viewing:: By appointment only
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