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Three 1857 Letters To/from Commander - Portsmouth Navy Yard Sick Quarters Regarding A Cookstove

Three 1857 Letters To/from Commander - Portsmouth Navy Yard Sick Quarters Regarding A Cookstove

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White Mtns Estate Services

1028 NH-16, Ossipee NH 03864

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Saturday, 5/11
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Lot #149 of 310
Item Description

Series of three letters - 12/19/1857: first from the Surgeon of the Sick Quarters at the Portsmouth Navy Yard reporting that the cook stove is worn out and "Should a ship arrive at this yard with invalids, we have not the proper cooking apparatus to provide for them". The second letter is from Commander Berrien, Commander Pro Tem on 12/19/1857 requesting to "hold a strict and careful survey upon a cooking stove belonging to the Sick Quarters of this yard". Then the last letter on December 21, 1857 to Commandant Pro Tem Berrien respectfully reporting "That we find it entirely burned out , partly broken and unfit, either for use or repairs, we therefor condemn and recommend that it be sold as old iron" Signed "Very Respectfully, your Obd. Subs. (can't make out the first occupation) second subject is a carpenter and last is a smith.
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Condition

Expected wear & tear for age

Categories

Militaria, Military Documents & Ephemera

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20%

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1028 NH-16
Ossipee New Hampshire 03864

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Kirk GIlmore | (713) 298-4355 | kirk@gilco.net

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