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Dahlgren, John Adolphus Bernard, 1809-1870 to Robert S. Foster

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02462.04 Author/Creator: Dahlgren, John Adolphus Bernard, 1809-1870 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 9 November 1864 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy

Forwarding to Foster a copy of a letter he has sent to the Navy Department, so that Foster can peruse it. Written on board the U.S.S. Philadelphia.

Foster, Robert Sanford, 1834-1903
Dahlgren, John Adolphus Bernard, 1809-1870

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