Raynors HCA 2017-12
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BELL, Henry Haywood (1808-1868) was an admiral in the United States Navy. In the American Civil War, he took part in the liberation of New Orleans and the lower Mississippi. Later he was sent to the Far East to command the East India Squadron. In summer 1867, he led a punitive expedition to avenge the Rover incident, where American sailors had been killed by Taiwanese aborigines. In January of the next year, while trying to force the Japanese to accept trade concessions, he drowned when his boat overturned in bad weather. War-date Manuscript Letter Signed “H.H. Bell” as Commodore, 1pp. quarto, U.S. Ship ‘Pensacola” Off New Orleans, November 17, 1863, addressed to Henry Girand, and reads “Your are hereby appointed an Acting Master Mate in the Navy of the United States on temporary service subject to the approval of the Hon Secretary of the Navy...” Fine condition.
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