One-page autograph letter signed

by James Leonard, U. S N., Captain

$425 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books · No longer available

New York: October 9, 1809. 4to, blank integral leaf attached; previous folds, very good. Leonard ?-1832 writes a favorable recommendation for a former shipmate. This is to certify that I am personally acquainted with Dr. George C. Quackenbos of this city & that he has borne a commission as Surgeon in the Navy of the United States, & has acted under my orders in that Capacity during the year 1807, & that he served on board the Bomb Ketch Aetna.

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