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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02254.32 Author/Creator: Lee, Samuel Phillips, 1812-1897 Place Written: Havana, Cuba Type: Manuscript document signed Date: March 21, 1872 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 19 cm, Width: 34.5 cm Order a Copy

Rear Admiral Lee writes Renshaw with orders to transfer to the Kansas "together with Eight (8) reliable men." Letter written aboard the U.S. Flagship Worcester.

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

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