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PIERCE, FRANKLIN. Autograph Letter Signed, to Secretary of the Navy John Y. Mason, letter of recommendation for J. W. Quackenbush, requesting that he be commissioned a midshipman. 1 page, folded 4to sheet with integral blank, blue paper. Concord, 19 February 1847

PIERCE, FRANKLIN. Autograph Letter Signed, to Secretary of the Navy John Y. Mason, letter of recommendation for J. W. Quackenbush, requesting that he be commissioned a midshipman. 1 page, folded 4to sheet with integral blank, blue paper. Concord, 19 February 1847

  • Notes: "From a personal acquaintance with and a deep interest in the Quackenbush family of Albany N.Y. I am induced to ask for Master Jno N. Quckenbush son of Nicholas Quackenbush now a Clerk in the Department of War the appointment of Midshipman in the U.S. Navy. I am not personally acquainted with the young man, but am informed that he is a promising lad, intelligent and honourable, with general adaptation mental & physical for the service..."

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