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Dornin, Thomas Aloysius, 1800-1874 to William McBlair

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00722.08 Author/Creator: Dornin, Thomas Aloysius, 1800-1874 Place Written: Portsmouth, Virginia Type: Manuscript letter signed Date: April 9, 1857 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Enclosing a letter "for the guidance Purser Cunningham" regarding letters of credit and a copy of a letter regarding pay to officers on McBlair's ship, the "Dale."

Dornin, Thomas Aloysius, 1800-1874
McBlair, William, ?-1863

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