Meade, George Gordon (1815-1872) to Messrs. Bond & Lear
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02297.02 Author/Creator: Meade, George Gordon (1815-1872) Place Written: Detroit, Michigan Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 6 April 1860 Pagination: 2 p. ; 24.7 x 20 cm. Order a Copy
Meade signs as Captain of Topographical Engineers. Discussing telescopes, writes: "I...am aware that in increasing the field, other things remaining the same, we lose power. I have no doubt the glass you are now having made will be satisfactory in all respects..." Requests chronometers, watches, and almanacs. Inquires as to the procurement of a "[Detorsion?] Bar" (for a portable declinometer) in London.
Meade served as a General in the Civil War.
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