Apr 17, 2012 - Sale 2276

Sale 2276 - Lot 293

Price Realized: $ 1,875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
(SUPREME COURT.) MARSHALL, JOHN. Autograph Letter Signed, "JMarshall," to an unnamed recipient (lacking salutation), attesting to worthiness for U.S. Navy service of Richard Barton. 1 page, 8vo; short closed tears at top and bottom edges, mounted at corners verso, folds; matted with a portrait and framed. Np, 16 February 1816
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"I am very intimately acquainted with the Father of Mr. Richard Barton . . . . He is an applicant for the warrant of midshipman . . . . I have the utmost confidence in his personal merit . . . . I wish him success."