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Semmes, Raphael, 1809-1877 to David Henshaw

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00496.084 Author/Creator: Semmes, Raphael, 1809-1877 Place Written: Pensacola Bay, Florida Type: Autograph letter signed Date: September 27, 1843 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 33 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Requests permission from Secretary of the Navy Henshaw to appoint Charles F. Cady a master's mate. Written on board the USS Poinsett.

Semmes, Raphael, 1809-1877
Henshaw, David, 1791-1852
Cady, Charles F., fl. 1843

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