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USS Genesee

Naval strategy during the Civil War led to the construction of a large class of shallow-draft sidewheel steam gunboats. The USS Genesee, shown on the Mississippi at Baton Rouge in March 1863, was completed by the Navy Yard in about eight months in 1861-62. Sold after the war, the ship operated commercially as Hattie C. Besse.
 
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Eldridge Gerry  

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Four of the five Massachusetts signers of The Declaration Of Independence are represented in the artwork in Faneuil Hall. The missing member of the delegation is Elbridge Gerry.

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