Esther E. Leonard letter to Adjutant General - June 2, 1918
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U. S. Army General Hospital No. 1. (Columbia War Hospital) New York City, June 2, 1918. From :- Esther E. Leonard, Contract Surgeon. To. :- Adjutant General, U.S. Army. Subject: - Personal report special. 1. Report my departure from home, St. Louis, [Missouri], May 31, 1918 per telegraphic instructions, War Department, May 26th. 2. Report my arrival at this post for duty June 2nd, 1918, per same authority. Esther E. Leonard Contract Surgeon.
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| Title | Esther E. Leonard letter to Adjutant General - June 2, 1918 |
| Creator | Leonard, Esther E. |
| Source | Leonard, Esther E. Letter to Adjutant General. 2 June 1918. Leonard, Esther, Dr. Papers (1914-1919). A1814. Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | Dr. Esther E. Leonard sent this letter to inform the Adjutant General that she had left St. Louis, Missouri and arrived at her post in New York City. 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; U.S. Army General Hospital No. 1 |
| Site Accession Number | A1814 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | June 2, 1918 |
| Language | English |