The Father Of The American Navy Advises John Templeman To Begin Purchasing Timberlands Near The

by Benjamin Stoddert

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A six page letter, approx. 900 words, apparently in a secretarial hand, signed by Stoddert, and directed to John Templeman, a Georgetown shipping merchant. Docketed Mr. Stoddert's directions about timber. United States Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Stoddert's three years as the first Secretary of the Navy led to his being considered by many the father of the American Navy. Stoddert composed this letter, to the best of our knowledge unpublished, six months after taking office in May 1798,

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