Letters, 1847-1857.

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Letters, 1847-1857.

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Letter to Thomas H. Stevens (WA MSS S-389) from on board U.S.S. Cyane, in Hilo, Hawaii, July 22, 1847, gives news of the Mexican War. With a letter to Mrs. A. H. Foote (WA MSS S-388) from near Wilmington, Delaware, June 15, 1857.

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Cyane (Sloop of war)

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