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Toucey, Isaac, 1796-1869 to Thomas A. Conover

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00722.48 Author/Creator: Toucey, Isaac, 1796-1869 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: February 18, 1859 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 34 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy

Secretary of the Navy Toucey orders Conover to direct the U.S.S. "Dale" to "proceed to the Navy Yard at Portsmouth, N.H." Marked "Duplicate" at top of page. Written at the "Navy Department."

Toucey, Isaac, 1796-1869
Conover, Thomas A., 1794-1864

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