John Ericsson, future builder of the USS Monitor writes a letter to Lincoln offering to build an ironclad

John Ericsson, future builder of the USS Monitor writes a letter to Lincoln offering to build an ironclad

12 years ago By John Dawson
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NEW YORK, NY. Swedish-born inventor John Ericsson, future builder of the USS Monitor writes a letter to Lincoln offering to build an ironclad that could be deployed to Norfolk within 10 weeks.

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