Autograph letter signed : "U. S.S. Choctaw, Off Red River," to D.D. Porter, 1864 Mar. 7.

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Autograph letter signed : "U. S.S. Choctaw, Off Red River," to D.D. Porter, 1864 Mar. 7.

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Reporting he has no contraband on board.

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

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Ramsay, Francis M. (Francis Munroe), 1835-1914

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