- Collection
- John Wise and History of Ballooning Collection
- Title
- John Wise and History of Ballooning Collection
- Object ID
- MG0019
- Date Range
- 1850-1993
transportation. In 1843 he conceived a
project for crossing the Atlantic Ocean and asked Congress to appropriate $15,000 for
the project. Congress rejected the appropriation. Wise suggested a plan to bomb the
Castle at Vera Cruz during the Mexican War and during the Civil War the Bureau of
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