Telegram signed : "Navy Department", to Capt. John Ericsson in New York, 1863 Jan. 27.

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Telegram signed : "Navy Department", to Capt. John Ericsson in New York, 1863 Jan. 27.

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Concerning the new ships, the "Passaic" and the "Montauk."

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Pierpont Morgan Library.

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