[NAVY, U.S.]. FARRAGUT, David Glasgow. LS ("D.G.Farragut") to J.C. Febiger, Commanding U.S.S. "Kanawha;" U.S. Flag Ship Hartford, Below Vicksburg, 16 July 1862. 1 page, 4o, lined paper. Rare war-date letter written at the height of Farragut's Mississippi fleet's prolonged--and largely ineffective--bombardment of Vicksburg: "The Department informs me that no reports of firing have been received from the vessel under your command, since the first of January last, and requests me to call your attention to Art. 14, Page 5 'Ordnance Instructions.'" -- FOX, Gustavus Vasa. ALS ("G.V. Fox") to Admiral John Dahlgren, Washington, D.C., 30 May 1861. 1 page, 12o. "I have advised Capt. Germain to go back with his crew as we have no knowledge of his case." -- FARRAGUT, David Glasgow. ALS ("D.G. Farragut" Rear Admiral") to T.H. Stevens, Flag Ship Hartford, 27 August 1864. 1 page, 8o, minor light staining. From the flagship with which he took Mobile and New Orleans, Farragut directs: "You will have the accounts of J.T. Grivot Pilot transferred to this vessel." -- PORTER, David Dixon. Partly printed DS ("David D. Porter"), to Lt. Langthorne, Commanding U.S.S. Hastings, Cairo, Illinois, 4 January 1864. 1 page, 4o. Ordering Langthorne to report to Fleet Captain for duty in command of the U.S. Steamer 'Oichita.' Together 4 items. An excellent group, all war-dated. (4)

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[NAVY, U.S.]. FARRAGUT, David Glasgow. LS ("D.G.Farragut") to J.C. Febiger, Commanding U.S.S. "Kanawha;" U.S. Flag Ship Hartford, Below Vicksburg, 16 July 1862. 1 page, 4o, lined paper. Rare war-date letter written at the height of Farragut's Mississippi fleet's prolonged--and largely ineffective--bombardment of Vicksburg: "The Department informs me that no reports of firing have been received from the vessel under your command, since the first of January last, and requests me to call your attention to Art. 14, Page 5 'Ordnance Instructions.'" -- FOX, Gustavus Vasa. ALS ("G.V. Fox") to Admiral John Dahlgren, Washington, D.C., 30 May 1861. 1 page, 12o. "I have advised Capt. Germain to go back with his crew as we have no knowledge of his case." -- FARRAGUT, David Glasgow. ALS ("D.G. Farragut" Rear Admiral") to T.H. Stevens, Flag Ship Hartford, 27 August 1864. 1 page, 8o, minor light staining. From the flagship with which he took Mobile and New Orleans, Farragut directs: "You will have the accounts of J.T. Grivot Pilot transferred to this vessel." -- PORTER, David Dixon. Partly printed DS ("David D. Porter"), to Lt. Langthorne, Commanding U.S.S. Hastings, Cairo, Illinois, 4 January 1864. 1 page, 4o. Ordering Langthorne to report to Fleet Captain for duty in command of the U.S. Steamer 'Oichita.' Together 4 items. An excellent group, all war-dated. (4)

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