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- GLC#
- GLC06639
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 8 January 1862
- Author/Creator
- Ericsson, John, 1803-1889
- Title
- to editor of the New York World
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 31.2 cm, Width: 20.1 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Wants to correct an "erroneous impression" from an article in his newspaper on his superintending of construction of an ironclad ship (the USS "Monitor") on behalf of Bushnell & Co. Says he is in fact making the ship "to my own plans approved by a special board of naval officers" under an agreement with the Secretary of the Navy dated 4 October 1861. Says he has been joined by "a few loyal and spirited citizens" who think "an impregnable floating battery will prove an important auxiliary at the present crisis."
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