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Catalog type History
Catalog date 06/04/2010
Collection Historical Documents
Date 1878
Description Letter of John Ericsson, 1803-1889, an American naval engineer who was born in Sweden. Invented the Civil War ironclad "Monitor" which revolutionized Naval warfare. Letter dated 27 May, 1878.






Category 8: Communication Artifact
Object ID 2010.9.56
Object Name Documents
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