Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1852.

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Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1852.

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Thirty letters dating 26 July 1852 to 27 December 1852, from the period when Kennedy was Secretary of the Navy (1852-1853). Twenty-nine letters are to Commodore George C. Read, commandant of the Philadelphia Navy Yard; one letter, dated 16 September 1852, is to Rev. Edwin F. Hatfield of New York City.

30 items (30 leaves).

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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