Post, W.A. , fl. 1890-1898 to whom it may concern
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01896.130 Author/Creator: Post, W.A. , fl. 1890-1898 Place Written: Newport News, Virginia Type: Typed letter Date: 1898/09/16 Pagination: 1 p. ; 27 x 21 cm. Order a Copy
Header: "Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co." Re: letter certifying that Edwin T. Kerr and associates were sold "...a quantity of the punchings from the [metal] plates used in the construction of the U.S. Battleship 'Illinois.' " The understanding was that these would be "...manufactued into souvenirs of the launching of the ship..."
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