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Box 15

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

David Dixon Porter letter, 1873 Dec 3

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 9
Identifier: MSC-364- File MSI 267
Scope and Contents

Autographed letter signed to Lieutenant Henry H. Gorringe, Commanding Officer, USS Philadelphia, Key West, Fla. from Washington, D.C., in which he asks for information on the defense and fortifications of Havana, Little Madel, and elsewhere in Cuba, and Spanish naval activities there. Requests secrecy and promises to reward Gorringe.

Dates: 1873 Dec 3