Letter, 1863 December 14, Rumsey to Gillmore, with a review by Major Brooks, page 6
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TitleLetter, 1863 December 14, Rumsey to Gillmore, with a review by Major Brooks, page 6
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CreatorRumsey
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LanguageEnglish
Letter to Gillmore from Rumsey containing a proposal for building a spy boat. Rumsey's proposal includes detailed plans for a narrow metallic vessel, including the propelling power, ballast, doors, and roof. Gillmore responded that this plan is to be examined & reported upon by Major Brooks. Major Brooks wrote that the boat described is deficient in two ways, and he suggested that Rumsey be sent for and examined in reference to scouting duty.
Transcriptionyou can send it back to me, or send it on to Washington, if however you disapprove of the plan, and can see no good which the country could derive from its use, I hope you will burn this as well as the model. I shall not be much disapointed [disappointed], but feel that I have tried to do my duty, even if I do fail of the object sought for in this. Hoping I have given no offence in sending this direct to you. I remain yours to command. Gerard Rumsey, [Co. G. 39th Ill. Vol.?]
TopicsSouth Carolina--History
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Fort Sumter National Monument (Agency : U.S.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Fort Sumter National Monument (Agency : U.S.)
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Mediumcommercial correspondence
TypeStill Image
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Digital Identifiersmt_brooks498_069_006
Permanent Linkhttp://purl.clemson.edu/5C09F8487DDB67D03F5071ACCEB4F660
Batch ID20180328174717