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Unknown to Edward L. Winder

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00722.71 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: circa 1857 Pagination: 1 p. ; 18 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Stating that Captain McBlair has given permission for a sick man to be given medical treatment aboard the ship. Offers to pay for anything the man requires. Appears to be signed with the name "Mace." Written on half sheet. Probably written after June 1858.

Edward Lloyd Winder was a Lieutenant in the United States Navy, later served in the Confederate Navy.

Winder, Edward Lloyd, fl. 1858

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