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Ripley, James Wolfe, 1794-1870 to James Woodruff

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00337.01 Author/Creator: Ripley, James Wolfe, 1794-1870 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: October 21, 1861 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 20.7 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

States that Woodruff's proposal to furnish a light three pounder cannon is not advisable and will not be accepted because they already have a lighter field artillery piece in use, the bronze mountain and the prairie howitzer. Written from the Ordnance Office and signed by Ripley as Brigadier General. With endorsement by Abraham Lincoln and Winfield Scott (see GLC00337.02).

Ripley, James W. (James Wolfe), 1794-1870
Woodruff, James, 1821-?
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Winfield, Scott, 1786-1866

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