Francis Gregory Dallas Collection, 1837-1915 (bulk 1837-1859).

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Francis Gregory Dallas Collection, 1837-1915 (bulk 1837-1859).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/479556879

The collection consists of incoming correspondence and copies of outgoing correspondence in English and German, the original and a transcript of Dallas's journal of a cruise to Panama and the African coast, and photoreproductions of materials used by the Naval History Society in the publication of Dallas's papers.

0.5 linear ft. (1 box, 2 v.)

New-York Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7587079

New-York Historical Society Library

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