Apr 23, 2009 - Sale 2177

Sale 2177 - Lot 24

Price Realized: $ 246
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
FARRAGUT, DAVID G. Autograph Letter Signed, "D.G. Farragut, Com'r. U.S.N.," to Dr. Charles H. Wheelwright, reporting that his allegedly stolen pencil has been found and will be delivered to him, closing with: "The propriety of your denunciation I leave to your own conscience." 1 page, 4to, with integral blank; folds; matted and framed with a photograph of Dr. Wheelwright. "Norfolk Navy Yard," 28 February 1849
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Farragut (1801-1870) was Vice Admiral of the Union Navy, commanded the West Gulf blockading squadron, and captured New Orleans (1862) and Mobile Bay (1864).