Auction Date:2012 Mar 14 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
War-dated LS signed “M. F. Maury C. Navy,” 23 pages, 7.75 x 9.5, August 4, 1862. Admiral Robert Fitz Roy, Royal Admiralty, of the Meteorological Department of the Board of Trade and Admiralty in London. The text in two secretarial hands. Maury gives a Southern account of the war in an effort to gain English recognition of the Confederacy. His letter discusses many subjects and points out the strengths of the Confederacy, the promise of its factories, and the impending lack of cotton shipments to England. Naval themes prevail, including his condemnation of the "paper blockade" and the development of the Confederate navy. In strong terms, this letter expresses Maury's personal optimism and convincing arguments of his position. In very good condition, with some light spreading and haloing to ink on some of the pages, scattered toning and soiling, foxing to several pages, and light handling wear. A more comprehensive description is available online at rrauction.com.
The Commander of the Confederate navy writes a long account of the Confederate position for the London Times in hopes of England’s recognizing the Confederacy.
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