Papers regarding construction of ships for the United States Navy

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{"value"=>"Papers regarding construction of ships for the United States Navy"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1885-1898", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1885/1898"}

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abstract

{"value"=>"These papers of Francis Tiffany Bowles, Assistant Naval Constructor in the United States Navy, relate to the construction of the U.S.S. Texas and the U.S.S. Raleigh, as well as gun boats, auxiliary boats, and other vessels. They include specifications, costs, reports on progress of construction, photographs of progress, information about machines needed at the Norfolk Navy Yard, and data on British war ships and about the speed trial of the Japanese cruiser Naniwa-Kan. The papers also contain data about the U.S.S. Concord and the U.S.S. Detroit"}

date_inclusive_start

1885

date_inclusive_end

1898

origination

{"value"=>"Bowles, Francis Tiffany, 1858-1927", "type"=>"persname"}

keydate

1885

prefercite

{"value"=>"Papers regarding construction of ships for the United States Navy, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

extent_statement

1.01 linear feet (5 volumes)

date_start

1885

date_end

1898

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