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C. W. Ayars letter to Esther E. Leonard - July 18, 1919

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201-Leonard, Esther E., CWA/MCG July 18, 1919. Dr. Esther E. Leonard, 205 North Maple Street, Centralia, Illinois. Dear Madam: In compliance with your request of July 7, 1919, addressed to Major General W. C. Gorgas, the Surgeon General directs me to inclose herewith a statement of your service as Contract Surgeon. It is trusted that this statement will answer the purpose for which you desire it. Very truly yours, C. W. Ayars Major, Sanitary Corps, U. S. Army. Incl. 1.

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Title C. W. Ayars letter to Esther E. Leonard - July 18, 1919
Creator Ayars, C. W.
Source Ayars, C. W. Letter to Esther E. Leonard. 18 July 1919. Leonard, Esther, Dr. Papers (1914-1919). A1814. Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Missouri.
Description Major C. W. Ayars wrote this letter to Dr. Esther E. Leonard concerning her service as a contract surgeon. Dr. Leonard served as a contract surgeon during World War I at the U.S. Army General Hospital No. 1 in New York City and at an evacuation hospital in Vichy, France.
Subject LCSH World War, 1914-1918; United States. Army. Sanitary Corps; World War, 1914-1918--Medical care--United States; World War, 1914-1918--Women
Subject Local WWI; World War I
Site Accession Number A1814
Contributing Institution Missouri History Museum
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Date Original November 27, 1918
Language English