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Dobbin, James Cochran, 1814-1857 [Commission for Edward R. Archer as a Third Assistant Engineer in the U.S. Navy]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01896.017 Author/Creator: Dobbin, James Cochran, 1814-1857 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Document signed Date: 8 July 1856 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 41.2 cm, Width: 32.5 cm Order a Copy

Commission appointing Archer as Third Assistant Engineer in the U.S. Navy as of June 26th 1856.

Archer, Edward Richard, 1834-1918
Dobbin, James Cochran, 1814-1857

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