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Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
(BUSINESS.) BIDDLE, NICHOLAS. Autograph Letter Signed, to Captain William Bainbridge, declining his invitation to the launch of the USS Independence, and hoping that the ship will be comparable to the best of the British fleet. 1 page, folded 4to sheet with integral address leaf; usual folds, minor stain from seal and tear from opening. Baltimore, 17 June 1814
". . . I shall always take as anxious an interest in the fate of the Independence as if I had actually been present at her baptism. All that I wish or that your warmest friends can desire is that when you get her well manned & officered you may be able to lay her close alongside of one of his Majesty's best ship's of the line . . ."
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