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Letter 76: To Commodore Daniel Ammen, Bureau of Navigation, 1877-December-15

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December 15, 1877 letter to Commodore Daniel Ammen, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, informing him that the six specimen cylinders intended for the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake" were shipped the day prior aboard the Light House Steamer "Dandelion." 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.
Title: Letter 76: To Commodore Daniel Ammen, Bureau of Navigation, 1877-December-15.
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Name(s): Commodore Daniel Ammen, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, Recipient
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Letter
Issuance: single unit
Date Created: 1877-12-15
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 15, 1877 letter to Commodore Daniel Ammen, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, informing him that the six specimen cylinders intended for the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake" were shipped the day prior aboard the Light House Steamer "Dandelion." 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.
Identifier: uwfHT_NYC_Box1_1877-1878_Correspondence_Page077 (IID)
Note(s): A Project of the Gulf Coast Maritime History and Heritage Digital Portal
Subject(s): Environmental History -- Naval History -- Military History -- Coast Survey -- Gulf Coast -- Pensacola, Florida -- 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_Page077
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Host Institution: UWF