Lot 694
[U.S. Navy] Halsey, Jones, & Harwood. William F. "Bull" Halsey, World War II date typed letter signed, on "South Pacific Force of the United States Pacific Fleet" letterhead, Headquarters of the Commander, 14 Jan. 1943, thanking a Californian for a Christmas fruit cake; one corner missing, toning and rust marks at top. With an 1813 letter from James Madison's Secretary of the Navy William Jones, regarding pensions for privateers (in the War of 1812); separated at both horizontal folds; and a pre-Civil War envelope free franked by future rear admiral Andrew A. Harwood, as Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance & Hydrography, addressed to future rear admiral John A. Dahlgren at the Navy Yard; some soiling.
Estimated Value $200 - 250.
Paul Richards Estate.
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