Autograph letter signed : Boston, to Commander George H. Preble, 1867 Mar. 16.

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Autograph letter signed : Boston, to Commander George H. Preble, 1867 Mar. 16.

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Thanking him for a copy of the Statutes of the Naval Library at Charlestown and offering to contribute some of his books to it.

1 item (2 p.) ; (16mo)

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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