Apr 23, 2009 - Sale 2177

Sale 2177 - Lot 9

Unsold
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
U.S.S. MERRIMACK (CIVIL WAR.) DAHLGREN, JOHN ADOLPHUS. Autograph Letter Signed, "Jno A. Dahlgren," to [Andrew H.?] Foote, reporting that the "Merrimac is only delayed by her steam-apparatus--she is now in dock--all rigged," and touching on other news. 2 pages, 8vo, written on the first and third pages of a single folded sheet; small closed separation at fold on first page repaired. Boston, November 1855
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Dahlgren (1809-1870) was a naval officer who designed guns that bear his name and who commanded the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863-65.