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 ; 19.2 x 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.
Henry H. Bell was an admiral in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. Bell was born in North Carolina and appointed a Midshipman 4 August 1823. During the Civil War he served as Fleet-Captain of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron under Admiral David Farragut. Promoted to Rear Admiral 25 July 1866, he was drowned when his barge capsized in Osaka Harbor, Japan, 11 January 1868.
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