2022-07 Raynors HCA Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/15/2022
PORTER, David Dixon (1813-1891) was a United States Navy admiral and a member of one of the most distinguished families in the history of the U.S. Navy. Promoted as the second U.S. Navy officer ever to attain the rank of admiral, after his adoptive brother David G. Farragut, Porter helped improve the Navy as the Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy after significant service in the American Civil War. Partial Autograph Letter Signed “David D. Porter” written to Commander E. McCauley, lacking 1 page. Porter advises McCauley on a pending audit.
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