April 8th Autographs, Manuscripts, Books & Photography
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Confederate Secretary of the Navy (1812–1873). A free frank cover signed by Mallory as a senator from Pensacola Fl. in reference to Naval affairs. Mallory Square in Key West is named after him.
Stephen Russell Mallory was a Democratic senator from Florida from 1851 to the secession of his home state and the outbreak of the American Civil War. For much of that period, he was chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs. It was a time of rapid naval reform, and he insisted that the ships of the US Navy should be as capable as those of Britain and France, the foremost navies in the world at that time. He also wrote a bill and guided it through Congress to provide for compulsory retirement of officers who did not meet the standards of the profession.
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Stephen Russell Mallory Signed Free frank Envelope
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