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The plan and construction of the Merrimac.
I. John M. Brooke, Commander, C. S. N.
Early in June, 1861, the Secretary of the Navy of the Confederate States asked me to design an iron-clad.
The first idea presenting itself was a shield of timber, two feet thick, plated with three or more inches of iron, inclined to the horizontal plane at the least angle that would permit working the guns; this shield, its eaves submerged to the depth of two feet, to be supported by a hull of equal le tlement of the question by a patent, No. 100, granted me by the Confederate States, 29th July, 1862.
This patent is still in my possession.
Lexington, Va., October, 1887.
Ii. John L. Porter, Naval Constructor, Confederate States.
In June, 1861, I was ordered to Richmond by Secretary Mallory, and carried up with me a model of an iron-clad for harbor defense.
Soon after my arrival I was informed by the secretary that I had been sent for to confer with Chief Engineer W. P. Williamson a