Commandant Charles H Bell Letter 17 June 1859

Commandants Office
Navy Yard Gosport
June 17th 1859

Sir,
My attention has been called by the Commander in charge of Ordinance on this station, to the condition of the Boat used for transporting ammunition: She is in a very bad state, and unworthy of repairs.
There is an appropriation past for the next fiscal year for a new boat for this purpose, and it is very desirable that one should be constructed at as early a period as would be convenient to the Bureau.

I am Very Respectfully,
your obedient servant,
Charles H Bell
Commandant

Commodore Joseph Smith
Chief of the Bureau of Yards & Docks
Washington D.C.

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