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U. S. Gunboat Massasoit: R. F. Renshaw, Commander.

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  • MEDIUM: Two-color lithograph,

    DATE: undated, c.1864.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 14 1/8 x 21 11/16" (359 x 551 mm).

  • DESCRIPTION: [Drawn by] F. Higel. Lith. W. H. Rease, 4th & Chestnut Sts, Phila. A late Civil War gunboat that was built in Boston, Massachusetts and commissioned in March of 1964. She is a 1173 ton Sassacus class “Double-Ender” that eventually worked the James River in Virginia. She was decommissioned after the Civil War and was sold in 1867.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition, save for a few minor marginal tears, backed on Japan.

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