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Pinkney, Robert F. fl. 1871 to R. H. Maury

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04572.38 Author/Creator: Pinkney, Robert F. fl. 1871 Place Written: Baltimore, Maryland Type: Autograph document signed Date: December 3, 1871 Pagination: 1 p. ; 21 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Statement recommending William Maury to superintend the James River project. States that he has known Maury since 1837 and that Maury was noted in both Navies for his morality and professional intelligence. Robert F. Pinkney commanded the Confederate ironclad Savannah during the Civil War.

Maury, R. H., fl. 1871
Pinkney, R. H., fl. 1850-1863
Maury, William Lewis, 1813-1878

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