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- GLC#
- GLC01896.061-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 1863/09/23
- Author/Creator
- Harrison, Samuel J., fl. 1855-1863
- Title
- to Steven R. Mallory
- Place Written
- Richmond, Virginia
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Letter of introduction and requesting permission for Edward R. Archer to go before a tribunal examination. "The bearer, Mr. E.R. Archer has been duly appointed by the Board of Directors of this company (Virginia Volunteer Navy Company) 1st Assistant Engineer, and we propose to send him with Captain Stiles, who will go abroad on our business about the 1st Proximo. You will please do us the favor to permit him to go before the proper tribunal for examination." Dockets on verso show that Archer was examined for the position of First Assistant Engineer by Chief Engineer Quinn at the Richmond Naval Works on September 24, 1863.
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