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STEPHEN RUSSELL MALLORY

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STEPHEN RUSSELL MALLORY

<b>156. STEPHEN RUSSELL MALLORY</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1813-1873). US senator from Florida (1851-61) appointed by Jefferson Davis as his Secretary of the Navy in 1861. At that time, the Confederacy had no ships and no sailors. He encouraged the building of the new “iron clads” and set about buying ships from England and France. He escaped Richmond in the company of Davis in 1865. ALS, 1p, small 4to, Washington, DC, Feb 18, 1853. To Col. S. Cooper, US Adjutant General. In full, “<i>Herewith I enclose for your consideration a Resolution of the Genl. assembly of my state. I have thought that the object might be accomplished without the action of Congress. I shall feel obliged to you for information in relation to it</i>...” Light dampstain and wrinkling at lower blank margin; o/w VG. <b>Samuel Cooper</b> (1798-1876), later became the highest-ranking CSA general officer, serving in the CSA in the same capacity as Adjutant General.

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