Retained letter book of the Firm of Dimock & Whitney, including personal correspondence of H.F. Dimock

by William C. Whitney

$5,000 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

295 pp missing p. 75 . Boards detached, upper board missing, some staining to top edge, not generally affecting text. Item #216957 William Collins Whitney 1841-1904 was U.S. secretary of the Navy 1885-89 who played a major role in the post-Civil War rebuilding of the navyDimock & Whitney was formed in 1865, as Whitney chose to enter the legal profession rather than follow his brother Henry into the steamship business.

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