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US Frigate Potomac collection 1844-1847 1844-1845 Potomac, US Frigate collection

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The US Frigate collection is made up of a letter book and logbook concerning the ship's service along the Atlantic coast, in the Gulf of Mexico, and in the Caribbean in the mid-1840s. The letter book contains correspondence between Captain John Gwinn and various navy officials from 1844-1847, and the log chronicles daily incidents onboard the from 1844-1845. Potomac Potomac

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William L. Clements Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6391417

William L. Clements Library

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