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William N. Jeffers Letter 23 June 1874

Endorsement on requisition for lightning rods for a Magazine Norfolk.

Respectfully returned to Commandant Navy Yard Norfolk.

As it is proposed shortly to remove the Magazine, it is not thought necessary to fit the lightning rods.

Wm N. Jeffers
Chief of the Bureau

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Source of Information

National Archives, Record Group 74 Records of Bureau of Ordnance

Letters Sent to Navy Yards & Stations, 1842 - 1882.

Norfolk

May 1867 - Oct 1881

Box No. 16, Entry 3

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