From the Richmond Dispatch, 4/28/1862, p. 3, c. 3

WANTED –
                        IMMEDIATELY –
                                                A competent CHEMIST, to prepare fulminating composition for percussion caps, in accordance with the directions of the Ordnance Manual.
                                                            BRISCOE G. BALDWIN,
                                                            Capt. Artillery, Richmond Arsenal

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