[STEAMSHIPS]. Memorandum Orders on mail steamers plying between Bermuda Hundred, Washington DC.
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Jun 26, 2023
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Jul 7, 2023
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[STEAMSHIPS]. Memorandum Orders on mail steamers plying between Bermuda Hundred, Washington DC.
3 pages, 7 15/16 x 12 1/8 in., on bifolium. Creasing, toning, light separations and wear to edges and corners. Docketed verso.
Manuscript "Memorandum Orders on Mail Steamers plying between Bermuda Hundred & Washington City and intermediate points." Consisting of 30 directives for such vessels including "4. No Smoking allowed in the Saloons," "12. No gambling whatever allowed on bord [sic] of boat," and "28. All prisoners turned over by Captain Dallas P. M. at Washington, Lieut Col. Conrad P.M. at Fortress Monroe and P.M. at City Point, Va, will be taken charge of by the Guard and delivered as ordered, taking receipts for same."
Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana, and Historical Documents
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