Stringham, Silas Horton, 1797-1876 to Jesse Hoyt
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03479.09 Author/Creator: Stringham, Silas Horton, 1797-1876 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 26 March 1840 Pagination: 1 p. ; 20.4 x 18.4 cm. Order a Copy
Written by Commander Stringham at the U.S. Navy Yard in New York to Hoyt as Collector of the Port of New York. Tells Hoyt an anchor landed in New York on the USS "Boston" in May 1839. It was picked up in Havana, Cuba by the "Boston."
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