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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08284.013 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Navy Department Type: Autograph letter Date: 1861-1877 Pagination: 3 p. ; 20 x 26 cm. Order a Copy

He received the first chapter of Horatio Wait's book. He tells the story of a boiler explosion on board a ship.

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