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TLS, one page, 5.25 x 6.75, Navy Department letterhead, May 24, 1897. Letter to Mrs. Bayard T. Putnam, in part: “It will be a great pleasure to me to see your boy, and a still greater pleasure to see yourself, while at Newport. I fear I must ask you to come to the War College. I shall be up to my ears in work, with almost every minute engaged, while in Newport, but I will gladly see you there and I will have that chart-holder matter carefully gone over.” In fine condition, with a small stain to the left edge. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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