Fal, J.L., fl. 1864 to Henry F. McSherry

GLC03523.21.35

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GLC#
GLC03523.21.35-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
21 November 1864
Author/Creator
Fal, J.L., fl. 1864
Title
to Henry F. McSherry
Place Written
Norfolk, Virginia
Pagination
1 p. : docket Height: 19.4 cm, Width: 19.8 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Letter written in clerical hand of Lt. Paul Quinn as the Assistant to the Fleet Surgeon of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron. Letter is also signed by Quinn. The fleet surgeon was named Fal and it was written to McSherry as the surgeon on the USS "Wabash" at Hampton Roads, Virginia. Says his requisition for medicines has been filled and will be shipped as early as possible. Says they are out of whiskey, but that he can get some from the USS "Susquehanna," which was recently given some.

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