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Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889 Letter of the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 6th instant, relative to the purchase of extracts of coffee for the use of the troops

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.255 Author/Creator: Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Pamphlet Date: January 16,1862 Pagination: 1 v. : 25 p. : Height: 22.4 cm, Width: 14.4 cm Order a Copy

Report submitted to the Senate by Secretary of War Cameron extols the advantages of Professor H.A. Tilden's coffee extract, apparently a synthetic or ersatz coffee and condensed milk mixture. Claims "[t]he coffee and sugar ration for 100,000 men for twenty days weighs two hundred and fifty tons, one-half of which is saved, or hundred and twenty-five tons, an important item on a march or advance, reducing the number of wagons for this ration half." Consists of various correspondence reporting the benefits of the coffee and its general acceptance. Dated from the date it was ordered to be printed. Seems that the cover is missing or that the pages were pulled from a larger book.

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