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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 [Letter and Newspaper][Decimalized .01- .02]

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Letter from Lincoln to General Hurlbut not to order subpar guns, and a issue of Scientific America with a cover story on guns.

GLC#
GLC00005
Type
Header Record
Date
January 25, 1862 - August 04, 1863
Author/Creator
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Title
[Letter and Newspaper][Decimalized .01- .02]
Pagination
2 items
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Hurlbut, Stephen Augustus, 1815-1882
Navy
Military History
Presidents
Union Forces
Weaponry
Science and Technology

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GLC00005.01
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Gen. Stephen A. Hurlbut.

August 4, 1863

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Lincoln tested the firing mechanism of automatic navy rifles and found it faulty; he tells Hurlbut not to order the guns. (Hurlbut) Convicted of embezzling funds and money from the National Bank of Baltimore.

GLC00005.01

GLC00005.02
Collection Item
Newspaper

Scientific American. [Vol. 6, no. 4 (January 25, 1862)]

January 25, 1862

Scientific American

GLC00005.02

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