The Ten Eyck Fonda collection of Civil War letters, 1861-1863.

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The Ten Eyck Fonda collection of Civil War letters, 1861-1863.

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Collection consists of 25 letters on 43 sheets of paper. All the letters were written to immediate family members, including nine to Ten Eyck's father, Garret T. B. Fonda. Eight of the letters were written on official Military Telegraph stationary.

25 items (700 cubic in.)

Glenn G. Bartle Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7766678

Glenn G. Bartle Library

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Fonda, Ten Eyck Hilton, 1838-1913

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Ten Eyck Fonda served as a telegrapher for the United States Military Telegraph Service. All the letters were written while the writer was serving as a telegrapher, and it is likely that they were addressed to the Fonda home in the Mohawk Valley, Montgomery County, New York. The letters range in date from July 12, 1861 to June 14, 1863. From the description of The Ten Eyck Fonda collection of Civil War letters, 1861-1863. (State University of New York, Binghamton University Libraries...

Fonda, Garret T. B.

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Fonda family

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United States. Military Telegraph Corps

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The U.S. Military Telegraph Corps was initiated in the first days of the Civil War. Secretary of War Simon Cameron sought the aid of Thomas A. Scott of the Pennsylvania Railroad in creating the service. He in turn enlisted the help of David Strouse of the American Telegraph Company, who extended his company's lines from Pennsylvania to the War Department in Washington, DC. Formal executive sanction of the Corps came in October 1861 from Abraham Lincoln. Congress permitted the establ...