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George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory, containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America., together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published. (ed. George P. Rowell and company) 8 0 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 2 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore) 2 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: March 19, 1861., [Electronic resource] 2 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: October 4, 1862., [Electronic resource] 2 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: September 4, 1863., [Electronic resource] 2 0 Browse Search
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 1 1 Browse Search
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America, together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published: description of towns and cities. (ed. George P. Rowell and company) 1 1 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: September 10, 1861., [Electronic resource] 1 1 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: March 19, 1861., [Electronic resource], A Navy for the Confederated States. (search)
A Navy for the Confederated States. --The New York Leader says: "Our enterprising fellow-citizen, Alderman F. I. A. Boole, has been awarded the contract, being the lowest bidder, for the construction of the forty gun-scows required by the Southern Confederacy. These boats are to be seventy feet long by twenty-two wide and five feet deep, double planked, and with sides of the regular naval thickness. Mr. Boole has hired a new ship-building yard at Greenport, Long Island, close to the Tenth street ferry. Each scow is to mount one central ten-inch pivot gun and two thirty-four pound carronades. They are to be anchored in the mouths of the Mississippi, and at various exposed points up the river — thus guarding alike against attack from the sea, or a descent from the Northwestern States. With their full armament on board they will draw thirty- six inches of water, thus presenting but a very narrow target to the enemy. "The plan of these boats, as a cheap substitute f