This nifty, official business cover(slightly-reduced cover has some stains on either side, creases and tears here and there around its edges connected to the initial opening of the mail; back flap is about 90-95% intact) was sent on March 16, 1870s, from the Office of Health Officer, Savannah(nice cancels!), Georgia, to a T. Grange Symons, M.D., Charleston(arrived on 3/17; a great receiver!), South Carolina! Doctor Thomas Grange Simons was a veteran of the Confederate Army. After the war, he attended the Medical College of the State of South Carolina, graduating in 1867. Dr. Simons went on to intern at Roper Hospital and was also a city dispensary physician. He was assistant professor of the practice of medicine and pathology at the Medical College of the State of South Carolina, in addition to serving as the chair of materia medica. Dr. Simons traveled to Fernandina, Florida and Memphis, Tennessee to aid in the outbreaks of yellow fever in 1877-1878. Dr. Simons served as president of the Medical Society of South Carolina from 1890- 1892. He was also active in the Charleston Widows and Orphans Society and the South Carolina Medical Association, and served as the chairman of the South Carolina State Board of Health. Dr. Simons felt a strong sense of civic duty, and worked most of his life to promote public health. In addition to the service he provided during the yellow fever epidemics, he was chairman of Charleston’s Sewerage Commission, and was a member of the City Council of Charleston in 1893. As for the 3-Cent, "Washington," it's in fair condition at best due to the damage to the perfs on its right side(top corner, and bottom). Noted imperfections aside, this cover remains an uncommon, interesting piece of postal history mailed in the 1870s, and connected to the Health Office of Savannah, Georgia, Charleston, and Doctor Thomas Grange Symons of South Carolina!