(CIVIL WAR) MALLORY STEPHEN R Autograph Letter Signed to Sec

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(CIVIL WAR.) MALLORY, STEPHEN R. Autograph Letter Signed, to Secretary of the Navy J. C. Dobbin, requesting that Philip Fontaine of Key West Florida receive a commission to the Marine Corps, "He is a native Floridian and is every way qualified for the appointment." 1 page, single 4to sheet. Washington, 28 February 1857

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Mallory (1813-73) served as Senator from Florida from 1851-61, appointed by Jefferson Davis as Secretary of the Confederate Navy in 1861, largely responsible for building the Confederate ironclads.