McClellan, George Brinton (1826-1885) to George D. Ramsay
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02455.08 Author/Creator: McClellan, George Brinton (1826-1885) Place Written: Orange, New Jersey Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 13 August 1864 Pagination: 1 p. ; 20.5 x 17 cm. Order a Copy
As a private citizen, McClellan writes to Chief of Ordnance General George D. Ramsay to introduce Mr. Adolph Schniewind, who "has it in his power to arrange for imparting our government the secret of the great superiority manifested by the Prussian projectiles in the recent war with Denmark."
I take pleasure in presenting to you Mr Adolph Schniewind who has been recently brough to my acquantaince.
Mr. Schniewind has it in his power to arrange for imparting to our Government the secret of the great superiority manifested by the Prussian projectiles in the recent war with Denmark, and I am sure that I need not invite your attention to the vast importance of our obtaining possesion of this knowledge.
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