American Naval and Military interest: a collection of letters and ephemera

American Naval and Military interest: a collection of letters and ephemera, including: Battle of Manila Bay 1898, a letter from Captain (later Rear Admiral) Joseph Bullock Coghlan, who commanded the cruiser U.S.S. Raleigh during the battle, describing his impressions of Commodore Dewey, the course of the battle, and other matters (addressed to 'Ubsdell', being the family name of the successors to J.B. Eads - see lot 1257); other subscribed correspondence to and from Eads and his family, involving Gideon Welles (U.S. Secretary of the Navy 1861-69), George M. Robeson (who held the same post from 1869-77), Carl Shurz (German Revolutionary, Union Army General and U.S. Senator), and Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar (U.S. Attorney General 1869-70); together with two Confederate States of America bonds: for

100 (number 31836) and for

1,000 (number 9877).