Oct 10, 2019 - Sale 2519

Sale 2519 - Lot 61

Price Realized: $ 75
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 100 - $ 200
RODGERS, JOHN. Letter Signed, "Jn Rodgers," as President of the Board of Navy Commissioners, to [Commander of the Philadelphia Navy Yard Commodore James?] Barron, requesting prices of iron tanks and water casks for frigates and sloops of war. 1/2 page, 4to; two small punch holes in left margin, folds. [Washington], 28 September 1831

Additional Details

"The Commissioners wish to ascertain the present prices for Iron Tanks for frigates & sloops of War--& the difference in price between them & the best water casks per Gallon. . . ."