WILLIAM BRANFORD SHUBRICK. LETTER SIGNED TO THOMAS H. STEVENS, SAN FRANCISCO, 29 AUGUST 1847

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1,200 - 1,800 USD

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Description

Letter signed ("W Branford Shubrick") to Thomas H. Stevens, regarding supplies at the Naval Depot in the Sandwich Islands

1 page (12 5/8 x 7 7/8 in.; 321 x 200 mm) written in a clerical hand on blue paper, "U.S. Ship Independence", San Francisco, 29 August 1847; some scattered minor browning, and minimal separation at two folds.

Catalogue Note

In this early letter from William Shubrick, the Commander of the Pacific Squadron notes the probability that the naval stores, then located at Honolulu, might be moved to "some port on this coast", e.g. the Californian coast.