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Bell, Henry H., 1808-1868 to the editors of the National Intelligencer

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03479.17 Author/Creator: Bell, Henry H., 1808-1868 Place Written: Norfolk, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 30 June 1851 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 19.2 cm, Width: 19.2 cm Order a Copy

Written by Lieutenant Bell who asked that the daily edition of the National Intelligencer be stopped and that the weekly version be sent instead. Encloses three dollars (not included). This short note is signed "H.H. Bell" and he was identified as the Bell who became a Civil War admiral by a partially erased pencil note in the upper left corner of the document. Small tear in upper left corner.

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