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Du Pont, Samuel Francis, 1803-1865 (correspondent), Drayton, Percival, 1812-1865 (correspondent)
Description
One of three copies of a letter in which du Pont requests some of the officers in his squadron to board the USS New Ironsides and assess the desirability and practicability of changing the position of the turret so as to be forward of the smoke stack.