Autograph Letter, signed, to B. Perry. He doesn't remember receiving a letter.
Brooklyn: Nov 16, 1880.
Price: $65.00
About the item
1 page. 1 vols. 12mo. Fine, old folds.
Item #249728
Tracy was Sec. of the Navy fromn 1889-1893 in the Harrison Administration. He was noted for his role in the creation of the "New Navy", a major reform of the service, which had fallen into obsolescence after the Civil War. A major ally in this effort was naval theorist Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan.