Rowan, Stephen Clegg, 1805-1890 to William Lewis Maury
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04572.33 Author/Creator: Rowan, Stephen Clegg, 1805-1890 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 2 November 1871 Pagination: 1 p. ; 20.5 x 13 cm. Order a Copy
Attests to Maury's character as an officer and as a gentleman. Rowan writes as commander of U.S.N. Flag Ship Congress. A U.S. vice admiral, Rowan served the Union during the Civil War. Post-war, he was commandant of the Norfolk and New York Navy yards, commander of the Asiatic Squadron, governor of the Naval Asylum at Philadelphia, and superintendent of the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C.
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