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Letter to Charles D. Sigsbee, Commander of the "Blake", 1877-December-14

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Summary:
December 14, 1877 letter to Lt. Commander Charles D. Sigsbee, Commander of the "Blake", informing him that on the date of the letter six specimen cylinders were being shipped via the Light House Steamer "Dandelion" for use in the Coast Survey. The items were delivered in the name of Lt. E. B. Thomas. Much of the lettering is very faded, some to the point of illegibility, but most of the letter can be discerned from context. The paper is frail, thin to the point of transparency, and has been eaten away at some points by rust due to the iron based ink used. The page number of the ledger this letter was copied into appears on the upper right. Parts of another letter are clearly visible through the paper.
Title: Letter to Charles D. Sigsbee, Commander of the "Blake", 1877-December-14.
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Name(s): Lt. Commander Charles D. Sigsbee, Recipient
Lt. E. B. Thomas
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Letter
Issuance: single unit
Date Created: 1877-12-14
Publisher: West Florida History Center, UWF Libraries, digitized from materials loaned by the UWF Historic Trust
Place of Publication: Pensacola, FL
Extent: 1 letter copy from ledger
Language(s): Eng
Summary: December 14, 1877 letter to Lt. Commander Charles D. Sigsbee, Commander of the "Blake", informing him that on the date of the letter six specimen cylinders were being shipped via the Light House Steamer "Dandelion" for use in the Coast Survey. The items were delivered in the name of Lt. E. B. Thomas. Much of the lettering is very faded, some to the point of illegibility, but most of the letter can be discerned from context. The paper is frail, thin to the point of transparency, and has been eaten away at some points by rust due to the iron based ink used. The page number of the ledger this letter was copied into appears on the upper right. Parts of another letter are clearly visible through the paper.
Identifier: uwfHT_NYC_Box1_1877-1878_Correspondence_Page074 (IID)
Note(s): A Project of the Gulf Coast Maritime History and Heritage Digital Portal
Subject(s): Naval History -- Military History -- Environmental History -- Coast Survey -- Pensacola, Florida -- Gulf Coast -- Late 19th-Century
Held by: University of West Florida Archives
Held by: University of West Florida Resource Center, Hilton-Green Room
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/uwf/fd/uwfHT_NYC_Box1_1877-1878_Correspondence_Page074
Use and Reproduction: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Host Institution: UWF