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REVOLUTIONARY WAR, WAR OF 1812, NAVAL OFFICERS]. BAINBRIDGE, WILLIAM. Letter signed ("WmBainbridge") to Alijah Goodridge, Navy Yard, Charlestown, 6 April 1833, one page, 4to, integral address leaf, pages 2 and 3 with copies of recipient's response, small tape patches along central fold , Bainbridge reports that "A Quay Wall & Stone Fence is about being erected upon the West Line of the Navy Yard adjoining the Town Docks... and permission is requested from the authorities to admit lighters and Scows with stone into said Docks. . . . " --DECATUR, STEPHEN. Document signed, Philadelphia, 9 December 1805, one page, oblong, 122 x 182 mm. (4¾ x 7 1/8 in.) , relates to the celebrated exploit in which Decatur set afire and destroyed the Philadelphia , which had been captured by the Tripolitans, certifying that the bearer, "William Robinson served as a Landsman on booard the United States Frigate Philadelphia, under my command for the sphere of twelve months" --DE GRASSE, FRANCOIS J.P. Count DE. Document signed ("LeComte de Grasse"), Versailles, February 1781, one page, 8vo, edges trimmed , declaring, just before his departure for American waters, that he fully authorizes all monies to be received by his nephew, the Count de Bar---STODDERT, BENJAMIN, First Secretary of the Navy . Letter signed ("Ben. Stoddert") as Sec. of the Navy, to John Templeman, George Town, 9 November 1798, 6 pages, 4to , giving extremely detailed instructions for the survey of timber lands to supply the U.S. Navy with ship's-lumber; the lands to be located "on Potomack well cloathed in Timber proper for building ships of the largest size. . . .This is a confidential business. . . ." and pointing out various likely parcels for examination --PREBLE, EDWARD, Commander of Constitution. Autograph letter signed in full to Henry Dearborn, New York, 29 March 1805, one page, 4to, integral address leaf with panel in Preble's hand, postmarks and "FREE" stamp, small stains along one edge , a fine letter, reporting that he has "examined the two 13-Inch mortars," found them "in excellent order" and "in the possession of Genl. Stephens," who awaits instructions, and forwarding "your wine. . .by the first good conveyance. . ." --RODGERS, JONATHAN. Autograph letter signed ("Jno.Rodgers") to Alexander J. Ball, Governor of Malta; Harford County, Maryland, 20 April 1807, one page, 4to, integral address leaf with panel in Rodger's hand , introducing a friend "who is now on the eve of departure for the Mediterranean, on the U.S. Frigate Chesapeake, " who takes his family with him, as he is to reside in Minorca, as our commercial and Navy Agent. . ." --TALBOT, SILAS. Two Autograph documents signed in full, Providence, 4 and 11 October 1798, one page, 4to, and an oblong, 113 x 186 mm. (4 3/8 x 7¾ in.) , interesting documents relating to the new ship the George Washington , one a requisition to Samuel Meredith, Treasurer, for funds, the other proposing "to the Executive of the United States" a list of officers for the "Continental Ship of the Line the George Washington ," reporting that "the above named Gentlemen are all Agreable to Capt. Fletcher and he wishes them to be appointed. . ." --WHIPPLE, ABRAHAM, American Privateer . Document signed in full, Marietta, Ohio, 21 September 1792, one page, oblong, 120 x 200 mm. (4¼ x 7¾ in.) irregular , a prommissory note to Messrs. Moore and Glass, for $55.00, with dockets and receipts on verso, countersigned by Sarah Whipple --BARRY, JOHN. Partly printed document signed ("John Barry Capt."), n.p., n.d., one page, oblong, 126 x 198 mm. (4 7/8 x 7¾ in.), margins worn , unaccomplished, certifying that the bearer, "on board a ship under my command is entitled to whatever share or portion of prize-money may accrue to him. . ." --TRUXTON, THOMAS. Two Autograph letters signed in full, to Senator James Watson and "Inspector of the Prison," 19 July 1800 and 25 March 1819, 1 1/2 and 2 pages, 4to, the second damaged, repaired and stained , one inquiring a