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Pages 395-396 record the creation of the U.S. Navy by Congress: Page 443 is the first draft of the list of naval commissions: Page 584 is a request for reimbursement for 2450 gallons of beer: Pages 710-713 are the final draft that created the Commodore's commission: Recommendation from the Marine Committee, that Captain Abraham Whipple, of the ship Columbus, be given the command of the Providence frigate: Abraham's plea for a pension and testimony on his leg injury, March 1810. (Submitted to the Whipple Website by Ralph W. Lange [ralsal@eriecoast.com].)
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