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- GLC#
- GLC00722.51-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 21 March 1859
- Author/Creator
- Speiden, Robert, fl. 1857-1859
- Title
- to William McBlair
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 33 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Letter to McBlair listing the provisions on board the U.S.S. "Dale." The letter is a "Statement of provisions required for 116 person for sixty days and the quantity now on hand." Notes how many pounds of bread, beef, coffee, whiskey and other items are required for the vessel, and how many are, in fact, on board. (Quantities of some items on board are less than the required amount. ) Speiden also notes that "The greater part of the Flour is not good." Written on board the "Dale" off Porto Praya, Cape Verde.
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