Copy of certification of the completed construction of seven gunboats, Cairo, January 15, 1862
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Identifier: D03483
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- James Buchanan Eads Collection | Contemporary copy of document signed A.W. Pennick, R.N. Stembel, and Jas. R. McGee [James R. McGee], certifying "that the work on the seven gunboats built by Mr. James B. Eads, the contractor, has been completed according to the terms of the contract with the government, excepting the time at which they ought to have been finished and delivered at Cairo." Includes note of Flag Officer A.H. Foote: "Upon the above certificate I have accepted the gunboats from Mr. Eads the contractor.", 1862 Jan 15
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