Excerpt from The Miner Boy and His Monitor: Or, the Career and Achievements of John Ericsson, the Engineer
The sources of information were furnished by Captain Ericsson in part. Mrs. Bunbury's Travels in Sweden, an old history of the kingdom, and Abbott's History of the Rebellion, were valuable works of reference.
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