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Lee, Samuel Phillips, 1812-1897 to Richard T. Renshaw

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02254.33 Author/Creator: Lee, Samuel Phillips, 1812-1897 Place Written: Havana, Cuba Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 23 March 1872 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 19 cm, Width: 34.5 cm Order a Copy

Rear Admiral Lee orders Renshaw to investigate an attack reported by the Colonel Chief of Staff, Jose de Chasso. De Chasso's report was relayed by Genl. Franciscos de Ceballos. Sailors "supposed to belong to the Worcester, attacked a Sentinel stationed on the Cavalry Mole."

Lee, Samuel Phillips, 1812-1897
Renshaw, Richard T., 1822-1879

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