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Dupont, Samuel F., 1803-1865 to Stevens

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09281 Author/Creator: Dupont, Samuel F., 1803-1865 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 12 October 1846 Pagination: 4 p. : Order a Copy

Mexican War naval and land operations while in command of the Cyane: "there is no hope whatever of a peace & we will have to conquer the whole country or form lines of occupation of what we already have taken."

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