| Show l r i THEN PRIVATELY OWNED J pl rlr ffl f Monitor Not Govenmenl Properly When She Io i1 fought ho Merrimac 1 11 t It 1 representative Fpeir of Connecticut f Jt Is probably I the last survivor of the 1 < n f W closil associated Pf tjrl d o h I ni t lfl f n or I f f Hamptnn UnaIs Ihe thce builders I i of the Vunkee chose IKIX weio John Trlcsson n Swede known the wor l ft over as the Invtntur Cornelius V Ilushnrll of Ncu Haven and John A 1 Grulsuold of Troy > V the last tw j belns i t dd ir tn I nt 1 r lI g ndu ff r CI friendsandlhe latter IV lat-ter went on Mr ruthnells bun I for S200000 It should 1 he bonn In mind I I JI h what Is not gcneially known l > > students t stu-dents I oi American history that the Monitor was owned bj private i trttes Of i and not by the governmint vhen she CJ I I fought the historic battle Th < three gentlemen named were authorized by the government to build tho Monitor ond If he wer nhle to do what was promled the ocrllment hn1 b < < 1 to urchoe hr Ihe wn a grent < 1 denl ot keptlclsm about the craft but the oerIlO1nt n < lnllc1 eom mOly j for hercontrutoll nn1 forthlltoo t the hlllllr ere qulrl 1 to give hnn1 for the return ot the mony i It the boat i fallu I Mr Spurv em < r IvIJly 1 the da > 1 I of the battle for th rrIlre of th Monitor meant more to him than dls I 1 aster to the 1ederals It would hav Ii h1 rtlni taken cvirj dollar ot his proj ert > t satlsf the fcovernment bond Wash In on |
