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Collection Reference Number GLC03479.28
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to the 1860s 
Title Joseph Foster Green to William Boud & Son regarding chronometers
Date 8 October 1861
Author Green, Joseph Foster (1811-1897)  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Written in secretarial hand and signed by Green as Assistant Inspector in charge of Ordinance at the Ordinance Office of the Boston Navy Yard to the firm William Boud & Son. Says three chronometers will be sent to them to be put in good order.
Subjects Military History  Navy  Civil War  Union Forces  Union General  Science and Technology  Maritime  Military Supplies  Artisans  
People Green, Joseph Foster (1811-1897)  
Place written Boston, Massachusetts
Theme Science, Technology, Invention; The American Civil War
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Additional Information Green served as a captain in the blockade during the Civil War and was on the USS Canandaigua and the USS John Adams for at least part of the war (he might have served on other ships, but only these two could be discovered).
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945