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Kerr, Edwin T., fl. 1890-1898 to unknown

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01896.131 Author/Creator: Kerr, Edwin T., fl. 1890-1898 Place Written: Newport News, Virginia Type: Typed letter Date: 1898/09/20 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 27 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy

"We are sending you under separate cover a souvenir of the launching of the U.S.S Battleship "Illinois"..." The souvenirs were made from the small pieces punched out of the ship's thinner plates before they were riveted to the ship.

Kerr, Edwin T., fl. 1898
Patton, J.L., fl. 1898
Reynolds, L.B., fl. 1898

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