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Tremlett, Francis W., fl. 1850-1864 to John McIntosh Kell

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00684.12 Author/Creator: Tremlett, Francis W., fl. 1850-1864 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: circa June 1864 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 16 cm, Width: 10 cm Order a Copy

Mentions a letter from his sister, Louisa Tremlett, and invites Kell and Semmes to visit him for "a regular Southern party of Southern people." He encloses a letter from John Hay, now missing, which describes the response of "the British service, & indeed the British people" to the sinking of the C.S.S. Alabama -- "it was a glorious death & I find is so regarded everywhere." Dated Tuesday morning. Francis W. Tremlett, a British parson, was an ardent Confederate sympathizer. Semmes and Kell stayed with Tremlett in London following the sinking of the Alabama.

Tremlett, Francis W., fl. 1850-1864
Kell, John McIntosh, 1823-1900
Semmes, Raphael, 1809-1877
Hay, John, fl. 1864

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