Telegram signed : "Navy Department", to Capt. John Ericsson, 1862 Dec. 15.

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Telegram signed : "Navy Department", to Capt. John Ericsson, 1862 Dec. 15.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270484308

Seeking a vessel to take rafts down the coast.

1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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