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Herbert, Hilary A. - Secretary of the Navy

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:125.00 USD Estimated At:250.00 - 300.00 USD
Herbert, Hilary A. - Secretary of the Navy
<Our item number 140032><B>Herbert, Hilary A. - Secretary of the Navy.</B> Typed letter signed &#40;&#34;H.A. Herbert&#34;&#41; as Secretary of the Navy, 10½ x 8 in., Honolulu, 1894, June 29, 1p. To Rear Admiral John G. Walker, Commanding U.S. Naval Forces, Honolulu, H.I., and marked &#34;Personal&#34;. In part: &#34;… I now expect to relieve you… The &#39;Charleston&#39; is on her way to San Francisco, and, as soon as she is out of dry-dock, I will send her to Honolulu to relieve the &#39;Philadelphia&#39;… I shall expect you…to take charge of the Academy…&#34; Herbert &#40;1834-1919&#41; was a Confederate Colonel, 8th Alabama; served postwar in the U.S. Congress &#40;1877-93&#41; and as Secretary of the Navy; Rear Admiral John G. Walker &#40;1835-1907&#41; was in the Civil War and later President of the Isthmian Canal Commission. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;250 - 300. <BR><BR>Our item number 140032<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/49jpegs/140032.jpg"> </P>< /IMAGES>