Commandant Thomas Dornin Letter 8 November 1858
Commandants Office
Navy Yard Gosport
November 8th 1858
Sir,
I hearwith transmit, Purser Dunn’s Requisition for the sum of twenty seven thousand dollars on the following heads of appropriations to wit.
Navy yard improvement $16,000
Superintendent $1000
Hospital $1000
Magazine $5000
Contingent $4000
$27,000
Very Respectfully,
your obedient servant,
Thomas A. Dornin
Commandant
Commodore Joseph Smith
Chief of the Bureau of Yards & Docks
Washington D. C.
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Letters Recieved from Commandants of Navy Yards -- Norfolk
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