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- GLC#
- GLC09012
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 29 July 1864
- Author/Creator
- Craven, Tunis Augustus Macdonough, 1813 -1864
- Title
- to William W. Smith
- Place Written
- Pensacola, Florida
- Pagination
- 2 p. : docket ; Height: 32 cm, Width: 20.5 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Faron, the Chief Engineer of the United States Navy requests items needed to repair the USS Tecumseh. Signed approved by Tunis as Captain and William Smith as Commodore Commanding. Requires, "120 spikes with nuts, of iron, as per sketch, 40 spikes of iron, for deck plating as per sketch, and 2 machinists to secure plates to deck. J. Whittaker, Chief Enginneer U. S. Navy signs certifying that the signatures are genuine, and "that this was the last requisition signed by Chief Engineer Faron before the Tecumseh was blown up Aug 5 /64 Mobile Bay while passing Fort Morgan."
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