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Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870 to John B. Marchand

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02680.25 Author/Creator: Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript letter signed Date: 15 March 1864 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 24.7x 19.5 cm. Order a Copy

A brief communication from Farragut, requesting the "names and positions of all the vessels in your division on the first and fifteenth of every month." Written on board the U.S.S. Hartford, off Pensacola, Florida, during the Union blockade of major Southern ports. On "Western Gulf Squadron" stationery.

Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870
Marchand, John Bonnett, 1808-1875

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