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The original United States warship "Monitor" : copies of correspondence between the late Cornelius S. Bushnell ... Captain John Ericsson and Hon. Gideon Welles ... Together with a brief sketch of Mr. Bushnell's life ... Records showing how the plans of the Monitor were urged upon the government and finally adopted
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