Instructs him to convey enclosed dispatch to General Yates. Dispatch reads, 'No hurry about troops, I write by messenger.' Transcription: Benj Farrar[Benjamin Farrar] Esq. Sir, Please carrey[?] through the proper channel the enclosed despatch to Gov Yates. Yours truly N. Lyon[Nathaniel Lyon] Capt 2nd Infantry Comg[Commanding] St Louis Arsenal April 26. 61. St Louis Arsenal April 26. 1861 Gov Yates Springfield Mo ? No hurry about troops, I write by messenger ? N Lyon[Nathaniel Lyon] Capt 2nd Infantry Commanding Title: Note from N. Lyon [Nathaniel Lyon], St. Louis Arsenal, to Benjamin Farrar
Instructs him to convey enclosed dispatch to General Yates. Dispatch reads, 'No hurry about troops, I write by messenger.' Transcription: Benj Farrar[Benjamin Farrar] Esq. Sir, Please carrey[?] through the proper channel the enclosed despatch to Gov Yates. Yours truly N. Lyon[Nathaniel Lyon] Capt 2nd Infantry Comg[Commanding] St Louis Arsenal April 26. 61. St Louis Arsenal April 26. 1861 Gov Yates Springfield Mo ? No hurry about troops, I write by messenger ? N Lyon[Nathaniel Lyon] Capt 2nd Infantry Commanding Title: Note from N. Lyon [Nathaniel Lyon], St. Louis Arsenal, to Benjamin Farrar, Esq., April 26, 1861 . 26 April 1861. Lyon, Nathaniel, 1818-1861
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