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WILLIAM BRANFORD SHUBRICK. LETTER SIGNED TO THOMAS H. STEVENS, SAN FRANCISCO, 29 AUGUST 1847
估價
1,200 - 1,800 USD
招標截止
描述
- Letter signed ("W Branford Shubrick") to Thomas H. Stevens, regarding supplies at the Naval Depot in the Sandwich Islands
1 page (12 5/8 x 7 7/8 in.; 321 x 200 mm) written in a clerical hand on blue paper, "U.S. Ship Independence", San Francisco, 29 August 1847; some scattered minor browning, and minimal separation at two folds.
拍品資料及來源
In this early letter from William Shubrick, the Commander of the Pacific Squadron notes the probability that the naval stores, then located at Honolulu, might be moved to "some port on this coast", e.g. the Californian coast.