Percival Drayton letters, 1860-1865.

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Percival Drayton letters, 1860-1865.

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Letters from Captain Percival Drayton, U. S. Navy, to Lydig M. Hoyt and Alexander Hamilton, Jr., dated 1861 to 1865. The letters, mostly written on shipboard, discuss naval operations of the Civil War and the state of affairs in the Confederate States of America.

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New York Public Library System, NYPL

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New York Public Library System, NYPL

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