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Shark Potomac Constitution , , and Correspondence 1812-1885

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Letters of officers including J.M. Nicholson, Captain of the U.S. Frigate Potomac; H. Paulding Lt. of the Schooner Shark to Commodore Daniel Patterson enclosing monthly crew reports, 1834-35; and I. Percival, Captain of the U.S. Frigate Constitution, to I.Y. Mason, Secretary of the Navy, requesting additional vessels for shallow water duty, 1844; also other reports and miscellany.

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Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center

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