National Park Service underwater archaeologist George R. Fischer's letter of July 22, 1974, to Dr. E. Lee Spence regarding the Sea Research Society's then pending application to GSA for a permit to salvage the Confederate submarine Hunley. {Note: Fischer was a member of the Sea Research Society's distinguished Board of Advisors and had voted for Spence's doctorate (Doctor of Marine Histories) in 1972, which can be viewed as a real indicator of Fischer's belief in and respect for Spence's knowledge, abilities and discoveries (including Spence's 1970 discovery of the Hunley). This letter was written approximately six years prior to fiction writer Clive Cussler, NUMA and SCIAA's sixteen year search for the wrecks of U.S.S. Housatonic and C.S.S. Hunley. Please note that Fischer's letter mentions Spence's previous correspondence regarding the Hunley.}

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