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- GLC#
- GLC03804.19-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 19 August 1882
- Author/Creator
- Porter, David Dixon, 1813-1891
- Title
- to John G. Walker
- Place Written
- Narragansett, Rhode Island
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 34.2 cm, Width: 20.8 cm
- Primary time period
- Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900
- Sub-Era
- The Gilded Age
Written by Admiral Porter to Captain Walker as Chief of the Bureau of Navigation. Marked "Private." It seems Walker was reporting about an experimental ship that was in need of repairs. Porter says repairs should be made and that is important to "find a vessel that will turn on her center, and go astern." Porter is not concerned about the repairs. Complains to Walker about the Board of Inspectors and hopes there are changes. Letter has very illegible handwriting.
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