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Commandant S. H. Stringham Letter 19 June 1851

Commandants Office
Navy Yard Gosport
June 19th 1851

Sir,
I enclose a tracing designed to show the spot, near which I propose to locate the Magazine Keepers house at Fort Norfolk. Will you be pleased to inform me if you approve the location.

I am Respectfully,
your obedient servant,
S. H. Stringham
Captain

Comm Joseph Smith
Chief of the Burrow of Yards & Docks
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Letters Recieved from Commandants of Navy Yards -- Norfolk

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