Letter 10: To Daniel Ammen, 1878-February-13
Summary: Letter to Rear Admiral Daniel Ammen on the viability of using lard over sperm whale oil in ship lanterns as a cheaper, equally efficient substitute. Samples were sent aboard the U.S.S. "Canonicus" for the Bureau to test for itself. The paper is thin to the point of transparency an...
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ftuwestfloridadc:oai:uwf.digital.flvc.org:uwf_55170 2023-05-15T18:26:42+02:00 Letter 10: To Daniel Ammen, 1878-February-13 Daniel Ammen (Recipient) Pensacola, Florida--Gulf Coast Late 19th-Century 1878-02-13 1 letter copy from ledger, 2 pages http://purl.flvc.org/uwf/fd/uwfHT_NYC_Box1_1877-1878_Correspondence_Page132-133 Eng eng Pensacola, FL: West Florida History Center, UWF Libraries, digitized from materials loaned by the UWF Historic Trust Resource Center uwf:55170 (IID) uwfHT_NYC_Box1_1877-1878_Correspondence_Page132-133 http://purl.flvc.org/uwf/fd/uwfHT_NYC_Box1_1877-1878_Correspondence_Page132-133 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/ Military History--Equipment and Technology--Pensacola Lighthouse--Environmental History--Whales--Pensacola Florida--Gulf Coast--Late 19th-Century--Naval History--Ships and Vessels Text Letter 1878 ftuwestfloridadc 2022-03-18T06:41:30Z Summary: Letter to Rear Admiral Daniel Ammen on the viability of using lard over sperm whale oil in ship lanterns as a cheaper, equally efficient substitute. Samples were sent aboard the U.S.S. "Canonicus" for the Bureau to test for itself. The paper is thin to the point of transparency and the pages of the ledger this letter was copied into appears in the upper right corners of each page. Parts of the paper have been eaten away by rust due to iron in the ink used. The Gulf Coast Digital History Project Manuscript Sperm whale UWF Collections (Digital Library of the University of West Florida) |
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Military History--Equipment and Technology--Pensacola Lighthouse--Environmental History--Whales--Pensacola Florida--Gulf Coast--Late 19th-Century--Naval History--Ships and Vessels Letter 10: To Daniel Ammen, 1878-February-13 |
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Summary: Letter to Rear Admiral Daniel Ammen on the viability of using lard over sperm whale oil in ship lanterns as a cheaper, equally efficient substitute. Samples were sent aboard the U.S.S. "Canonicus" for the Bureau to test for itself. The paper is thin to the point of transparency and the pages of the ledger this letter was copied into appears in the upper right corners of each page. Parts of the paper have been eaten away by rust due to iron in the ink used. The Gulf Coast Digital History Project |
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Letter 10: To Daniel Ammen, 1878-February-13 |
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Letter 10: To Daniel Ammen, 1878-February-13 |
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Letter 10: To Daniel Ammen, 1878-February-13 |
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Letter 10: To Daniel Ammen, 1878-February-13 |
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letter 10: to daniel ammen, 1878-february-13 |
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Pensacola, FL: West Florida History Center, UWF Libraries, digitized from materials loaned by the UWF Historic Trust Resource Center |
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1878 |
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http://purl.flvc.org/uwf/fd/uwfHT_NYC_Box1_1877-1878_Correspondence_Page132-133 |
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