Telegram, 1898 July 30 [to] General Miles, St. Thomas.

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Telegram, 1898 July 30 [to] General Miles, St. Thomas.

Telegram verifying shipment of five thousand tons of coal and half a million gallons of water from Savannah to Ponce.

1 p. ; 25 cm.

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