Letter : Navy Department, [Washington, D.C.], to James Barron, Philadelphia, 1836 Dec. 23.

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Letter : Navy Department, [Washington, D.C.], to James Barron, Philadelphia, 1836 Dec. 23.

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Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library

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