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- GLC#
- GLC03479.04-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- February 28, 1815
- Author/Creator
- Crowninshield, Benjamin Williams, 1772-1851
- Title
- to David Porter
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 25.3 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- The Age of Jefferson & Madison
Written in secretarial hand and signed by Secretary of Navy Crowninshield to Captain Porter. Says that Porter was appointed to the board of the Naval Commission (a post he held 1815-1822) by the President and that he is to report to the department at his earliest convenience. Porter was a successful naval commander during the War of 1812 and later led the Mexican Navy from 1826-1829.
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