Drop Title Contract For Coal May 24 1860 With Contract For The Purchase Of Coal Minority Report

by U S House Of Representatives Committee On Naval Affairs

$150 · Offered by Michael Pyron Books · No longer available

Washington, DC : 1860. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Item #8441 Octavo. 79, 1 ; 15 pp., maps. Removed from volume, now in recent plain wrappers. Light and scattered foxing, else clean; large folding maps have closed tears near the stubbing. Steam-powered naval vessels of the 19th century needed coal and lots of it. The U. S. Secretary of the Navy sought to obtain a reliable and abundant supply for the Pacific and Caribbean fleets through a

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