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Note by Edwin M. Stanton

Creator:: Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
Collection:: Cabinet Members Collection
Location:: [Washington, D.C.]
Date of Original:: 1862
Description:: Note to the Ordnance Department, 17 cm, requesting immediate trials of the Raphael Repeater to determine the feasibility of its use in the field. Affixed to note, 19.5 cm x 25 cm, identifying the document and its former enclosures as ""approval of Raphael gun & directions of Secy of War - letter from President."" Letters no longer connected to the page.
Subject:: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Equipment and supplies; United States--Army--Ordnance Department

Category:: Manuscripts & Documents
Format of Original:: Manuscript
Item ID:: 71200908301924
Holding Institution:: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Digital File ID:: 71200908301924
Available for Viewing:: By appointment only
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