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Collection Reference Number GLC03804.15
From Archive Folder John Grimes Walker's naval correspondence 
Title John Wainwright to John G. Walker enquiring after the water machine which he put onboard the USS "Sabine"
Date 31 July 1869
Author Wainwright, John Howard (1829-1871)  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Writes that he heard the USS "Sabine," under the command of Walker has just arrived at Spithead, England. Wants to know "of the working of the water machine which I put up on board." Asks for a note informing of his experiences with the machine. Trusts he will meet him at some point during his cruise. Wainwright asks that letters to him be sent to Paris.
Subjects Mississippi  Navy  Union General  Military History  Global History and Civics  Inventor  Invention  Science and Technology  
People Walker, John Grimes (1835-1907)  
Place written Lucerne, Switzerland
Theme Naval & Maritime
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945