Letter of transmittal to Brooks from Lt. Baldwin [Recto]

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TitleLetter of transmittal to Brooks from Lt. Baldwin [Recto]
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CreatorBaldwin
CollectionsThomas Benton Brooks Papers
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LanguageEnglish
Letter of Transmittal to Brooks from Lt. Baldwin regarding Gabions and Sap-Rollers, stating that the weights and dimensions reported were approximately correct, and were ascertained by experiment.
TranscriptionLetter of transmittal; Lieut. [Lieutenant] Baldwin; [????]; Gabions and Sap Rollers. [Letter] Morris Island SC [South Carolina] Dec [December] 9-1863; Dear Brooks; All of the weights and dimensions which I report are approximately correct. The statements concerning the amount of labor required for different purposes are the result of inquiry among the men who were engaged in the manufacture of the material. I have been unable to find a single sap-roller in an [??????] condition. [????] you with such data concerning them, as I can collect. The weights were ascertained,
LocationsMorris Island, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States(32.71573,-79.89037)
TopicsSouth Carolina--History
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Fort Sumter National Monument (Agency : U.S.)
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Mediumletters (correspondence)
TypeStill Image
Formatimage/jpeg
Contributing Institutions
Held By Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park
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Digital Identifiersmt_brooks432_008_001
Permanent Linkhttp://purl.clemson.edu/E75CF8A5C1A5380B985BC7429A701F39
Batch ID20180328174717
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