(CIVIL WAR) WALKER JOHN G Autograph Letter Signed to H Pauld

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(CIVIL WAR.) WALKER, JOHN G. Autograph Letter Signed, to H. Paulding, requesting the discharge of his cabin steward, Levi H. Tracey. With Paulding's signed statement of approval at the bottom of the page. 1 page, folio; docketing on verso, folds. New York, 17 April 1865

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Walker (1835-1907) was promoted to commander after his service during the Civil War, was chief of the Bureau of Navigation between 1881 and 1889, and after several significant sea posts, including having directed the North Pacific Squadron in 1894, he retired as commodore in 1897.