[Autograph Letter, Signed, from A.S. Baldwin to Chester Ashley Asking for a Naval Command during the Mexican-American War]
Pensacola: Jan. 20, 1847. [4]pp., on a bifolium. Previously folded. Light staining and tanning. In a neat, legible hand. A.S. Baldwin was a young Lieutenant who served through the entirety of the United States Exploring Expedition under the command of Charles Wilkes on three ships of the squadron. Early in..... More
