Autograph letter signed : "Navy Yard," Norfolk, Va., to David D. Porter, 1867 Nov. 6.

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Autograph letter signed : "Navy Yard," Norfolk, Va., to David D. Porter, 1867 Nov. 6.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270615934

Forwarding proceedings of a meeting of the Line officers to organize a Norfolk branch of the U.S. Naval Association.

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

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7196189

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Quackenbush, Stephen Platt, 1823-1890.

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