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Commandant Isaac McKeever Letter 7 June 1855

Commandants Office
Navy Yard Gosport
June 7th 1855
Sir,
Here with enclosed I beg leave to submit revised specifications for constructing “Magazine Keepers house” I would state that these specifications are more in detail than the former now in possession of the bureau and should be incorporated in the “contract” for the building of the house.

I am Sir Very Respectfully,
your obedient servant,
McKeever
Commandant

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

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Box No. 159, Entry 5