A Lecture Delivered by the Hon. F.P. Stanton on the Navy of the United States, before the Mercantile Library Association.
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Thursday, November 11th,
2021 at 11:00am
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinic Letters, Ceremonial & Graphic Art
Lot 309
(AMERICAN JUDAICA).
A Lecture Delivered by the Hon. F.P. Stanton on the Navy of the United States, before the Mercantile Library Association.
New York: Sauel T. Callahan 1854
Est: $400 - $600
A survey by Congressman Stanton (1814-94) on the current state of the US Navy, a subject so dear to Uriah Phillips Levy, that he fully paid for the publication.
See A. Kanof, Uriah Phillips Levy: A Pugnacious Commodore, in: AJHS (1949) pp. 1-66.