(MILITARY) Letter of recommendation for a naval post signed

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(MILITARY.) Letter of recommendation for a naval post, signed by 25 members of the Society of the Cincinnati including Winfield Scott. Two pages, 12 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches; folds, short separation along one fold, tipped to a mid-20th century sheet. New York, 1825 and 1831

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This letter was written by the "Cincinnati Society of New York," in support of Edward Storer's candidacy for a post as purser in the United States Navy. Edward's father Ebenezer was a founding member of the New York chapter praised for services "rendred to his country during seven years of our Revolutionary struggle" who has never "asked an office or any favour of the government . . . until now."

Among the notable 15 signers of the original 1 December 1825 petition are New York founding father Richard Varick, Revolutionary War frontier leader and former New York mayor Marinus Willett, future Confederate general Samuel Cooper, former New York governor Morgan Lewis, and former New Jersey governor Aaron Ogden. The application was apparently rejected and then revived in 1831, at which point 10 additional signers added their names, including Congressman Gulian C. Verplanck and future Secretary of the Navy James Kirke Paulding. The last of them was General Winfield Scott, who was born after the Revolution but had been granted honorary status in the Society for his service in the War of 1812.