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Lee, Sydney Smith, 1802-1869 to John McIntosh Kell

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00684.15 Author/Creator: Lee, Sydney Smith, 1802-1869 Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Letter signed Date: March 24, 1865 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Lee grants Kell leave until the first of May, "when you will report in writing to this Office the condition of your health." Letter forwarded by Surgeon James Harrison. Letter written on stationery of the C.S. Navy's Office of Orders and Detail.

Lee, Sydney Smith, 1802-1869
Kell, John McIntosh, 1823-1900
Harrison, James, fl. 1865

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