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<p>[QUOTE="anundverkaufen, post: 3680922, member: 49"]Picked this today for $4.99+. A Sailor’s Log by Robley D. Evans, retired Rear Admiral U.S.N.. Signed & inscribed at his retirement celebration at the Lake Mohonk Mountain House in 1908. Also includes a separate card with his autograph and several sheets of Lake Mohonk Mountain House letterhead, a calling card from Mrs. J.H. Jackson (haven’t figured if there’s a connection or exactly who she is). Owned at one time by The Whaling and Marine Manuscript Archives in Nantucket.</p><p>I like how he crossed out his printed name and rank and wrote in “Retired”. He served in the Civil War and the Spanish American War.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]310585[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]310586[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]310587[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]310588[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]310589[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]310590[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]310591[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="anundverkaufen, post: 3680922, member: 49"]Picked this today for $4.99+. A Sailor’s Log by Robley D. Evans, retired Rear Admiral U.S.N.. Signed & inscribed at his retirement celebration at the Lake Mohonk Mountain House in 1908. Also includes a separate card with his autograph and several sheets of Lake Mohonk Mountain House letterhead, a calling card from Mrs. J.H. Jackson (haven’t figured if there’s a connection or exactly who she is). Owned at one time by The Whaling and Marine Manuscript Archives in Nantucket. I like how he crossed out his printed name and rank and wrote in “Retired”. He served in the Civil War and the Spanish American War. [ATTACH=full]310585[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]310586[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]310587[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]310588[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]310589[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]310590[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]310591[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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