List of the minimum amount of materials required

TitleList of the minimum amount of materials required
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CollectionsThomas Benton Brooks Papers

Descriptive InformationList of the minimum amounts of materials required, including clean white pine timbers, steel, copper, and iron. A justification of the expenditure is provided. Possibly by Thomas Benton (T.B.) Brooks.

TranscriptionIn [illegible] the enclosed [illegible] questions if I would respectfully submit that while it is conclusively proven that the necessary expenditure will be [justified?] by services unrelated to transports, the fact that the propose machinery will enable use 1st to make use of all material captured from the enemy 2nd to adapt our transports to the [illegible] of hostile streams, and 3rd to make use of all rail-[illegible] captured, [illegible] them to useful consultation.

LocationsMorris Island, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States(32.71573,-79.89037)

TopicsSouth Carolina--History
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Artillery operations
Fort Sumter National Monument (Agency : U.S.)

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