ALS, 1862 January 12, Willard's Hotel, to John A. Dahlgren, Navy Yard, Washington.

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ALS, 1862 January 12, Willard's Hotel, to John A. Dahlgren, Navy Yard, Washington.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55215938

Reads in part: "Will you please to let me know the result of your experiments with the musket or rifle against the Boiler Iron at the different distances ..."

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