GRANT, ULYSSES S., President. Autograph letter signed (U.S. Grant Gen.") TO ADMIRAL DAVID DIXON PORTER, U.S. Naval Academy, [Annapolis, Maryland]; Head-Quarters Armies of the United States, Washington, D.C., 28 June l867. 1 l/2 pages, 8vo. A recommendation for a "modest Western boy": "Dear Admiral, This will be handed to you by Mid[shipman] Charles Roberts, son of Surgeon Roberts of the Marine Fleet who saw service under you on the Mississippi River in /63. Mr. Roberts is about entering the Naval Academy and being a modest Western boy desired this letter to assure him on his first reporting. I hope you will give him good advice to inspire confidence to enable him to pass his first examination..."

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GRANT, ULYSSES S., President. Autograph letter signed (U.S. Grant Gen.") TO ADMIRAL DAVID DIXON PORTER, U.S. Naval Academy, [Annapolis, Maryland]; Head-Quarters Armies of the United States, Washington, D.C., 28 June l867. 1 l/2 pages, 8vo. A recommendation for a "modest Western boy": "Dear Admiral, This will be handed to you by Mid[shipman] Charles Roberts, son of Surgeon Roberts of the Marine Fleet who saw service under you on the Mississippi River in /63. Mr. Roberts is about entering the Naval Academy and being a modest Western boy desired this letter to assure him on his first reporting. I hope you will give him good advice to inspire confidence to enable him to pass his first examination..."