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Was it in fact reasonable to contend that ironclads might be built in the Mersey, sent out a few miles beyond the river mouth, there armed from lighters, and sent off to bombard New York?
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John Morley
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Morley questions the practicality of military actions being conducted from British ports against American cities.
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