Lot 510
Virginia's First Families Recommend A Naval Appointment. A one-page manuscript letter from Fairfax County, Virginia, April 15, 1825, 9 x 8 in. Being a recommendation for a naval appointment for Bushrod Washington Hunter, signed by eight men, including John C. Hunter, Mordecai C. Fitzhugh, R.C. Mason, and Albert Fairfax. In part: "Mr. Bushrod Washington Hunter, being anxious to obtain a warrant in the United States Navy and believing that a recommendation from his immediate and most intimate neighbours will promote his wishes, we therefore cheerfully express our sentiments…have known him from early infancy…his turn of mind seems to point to the Ocean as the proper element for a display of his natural genius….he is the son of a gentleman who in the Revolutionary War bravely and volunarily fought in his Country's cause…We fondly trust that the scion will not disgrace the memory of the parent…." Some chipping at right edge, and minor fold splits, else Fine.
Estimated Value $200 - 300.
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