Typescript copy of affidavit of Geo. E. Townsend, July 27, 1890
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Identifier: D00528
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English
- Steamboats and River History Collection | Typescript copy of affidavit of Geo. E. Townsend, which recounts his involvement in the organization of the 1st United States Marine Corps at St. Louis in 1861, the disbandment of the unit by General Halleck, and his subsequent service as a pilot on several government transports. (2 pages) (gift of Townsend’s daughter, Mrs. H.S. Bolles, St. Louis, Missouri), 1890 July 27
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