Forwarding a copy of a letter on the subject of torpedo boats not present to John R. Chambliss, in a secretarial letters, signed

by Mallory as Secretary of the Navy, January 11, 1864, written

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Richmond, VA : 1864. 4to, one-page, on blue paper, the text in full: In compliance with your request, I have the honor to transmit herewith copy of my letter to the Hon. W. Porcher Miles on the subject of the torpedo boats ; with a Rebel Archives stamp on verso. Chambliss 1809-1875; Sussex County, Virginia plantation owner and member of the Confederate House of Representatives, 1862-1865 was a member of the house Naval Affairs committee and William Porcher Miles 1822-1899; Mayor of

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