Title

Telegram from E.M. Stanton, Secretary of War, to the Mayor of Portland

Authors

Edwin M. Stanton

Format of original

Letters (correspondence)

Date Digital

09/18/2014

Language

English

Repository

Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives

Files

Identifier

T:DC1-A

Description

The Secretary of War, Edwin M. Stanton, telegraphed the Mayor of Portland to inform him that he had instructed the Quartermaster General to furnish as much aid as possible. See also the letter from the Quartermaster General in this collection.

Publication Date

7-5-1866

Keywords

Great Fire -- Portland (Me.) – 1866, Fires – Maine – Portland, Disaster relief – Maine – Portland

Transcript

Washington

July 5

Mayor of Portland

I have directed the Quartermaster General to furnish you with all the aid in the power of this department.

E.M. Stanton

Secy of War

[penciled notation on reverse] yours in refference [sic] to aid of your Department received & we return our warmest thanks for the same

Recommended Citation

Stanton, Edwin M., "Telegram from E.M. Stanton, Secretary of War, to the Mayor of Portland" (1866). Relief for the Portland Sufferers : The Great Fire, 1866. 9.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/great_fire_relief/9