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Winslow, John Ancrum, 1811-1873 to unknown

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02466.16 Author/Creator: Winslow, John Ancrum, 1811-1873 Place Written: Flushing, Netherlands Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 9 June 1864 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 20.8 cm, Width: 13.3 cm Order a Copy

Written by Captain Winslow as the commander of the "Kearsarge." References previous two notes from recipient. Says prior leaving for Flushing, Holland he sent an officer to Paris to communicate with Mr. Dayton who was trying to discover the meaning of CSS "Rappahannock's" preparation for sea. Says Dayton was informed that the commission of lawyers had not debated the subject. Claims if they decided to release the ship, Dayton would over rule it. Says the Minister of Foreign Affairs has told him there is no change in the ship's status. Doubts that the "Rappahannock" will get out of port as a privateer. Says he could use about 15 men, but that since the chances of him going to Cadiz are great, he does not want to get them where he is. Postscript says "The Secretary of the Navy has never approved of my Course in taking the Annette and I suppose that 4th Auditor will raise all sorts of objections to paying the bills." The USS "Kearsarge" sunk the CSS "Alabama" 10 days after this letter was written. Written while aboard the USS "Kearsarge".

Winslow, John Ancrum, 1811-1873

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