Lot 1094
(C.S.A. Navy), Two pre-war signed items: 1.) Forrest, French (1796-1866). Navy officer in War of 1812, C.S.A. command of the Norfolk Navy Yard, James River Squadron, later C.S.A. Asst. Secretary of the Navy. Pre-War 10 x 8 ALS, "Hornet", Norfolk, May 4, 1834, regarding estate administration. 2.) Maury, Matthew F. (1806-1873) "Pathfinder of the Seas", 1st man to describe the Gulf Stream and to mark routes across the Atlantic. Entered C.S.N. 1861 as Commander, sent to Europe to continue experiments and inventions and to purchase and outfit armed cruisers. 10 x 8 LS while head of U.S. Naval Observatory, Washington, Jan. 2, 1858, 1½pp. (1st & 2nd pages of folded sheet), to H. Whitehurst & Co., Baltimore, regarding their ship Hopewell's discovery of a guano island. With engraving of Maury, small folded advertising brochure for "Maury's Geographies", and a forgery of a Maury letter with two 1944 Amherst College letters concerning it.
Estimate 400 - 500
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