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Kemper, James Lawson, 1823-1895 to John Letcher

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02461.16 Author/Creator: Kemper, James Lawson, 1823-1895 Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 22 April 1861 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 24.8 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

Colonel Kemper, General in the Provisional army of Virginia, informs Letcher, Governor of Virginia: "Ambrose P. Hill of this state, late a Lieutenant in the U.S. Army, and of long experience in the service, is now on his way to Virginia from the West- with the view of tendering his services to the State. I humbly hope that the State will secure the benefit of his valuable services."

Kemper, James Lawson, 1823-1895
Letcher, John, 1813-1884
Hill, Ambrose Powell, 1825-1865

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