2025-01 Raynors Historical Collectible Auctions
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Stephen R. Mallory (1812 - 1873) Democratic Senator from Florida starting in 1851, and later, Secretary of the Navy for the Confederacy after the outbreak of the Civil War. Mallory was the only Secretary to survive four years of the War. Jefferson Davis had six Secretaries of War, but only one Secretary of the Navy - Mallory. Autograph Letter Signed “S.R. Mallory”, datelined Washington, January 28, 1854, 1pp., written to Martha Bradstreet. In part, “.I do not know Mr. Gardiner, but my friends from Florida inform me that he is unworthy of confidence, & that he at present resides at Chancellorsville, Spotsylvania Co., Va."
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