Box 18

Holograph letter signed to the flag officer of the Mediterranean Squadron introducing the Reverend Henry A. Miles of Boston who was visiting Italy for two years. He requests that all courtesies be extended to him.

Published journal of a young man of Massachusetts, a surgeon on board an American privateer who was captured by the British and was confined first at Melville Island, Halifax, then at Chetham in England and later, at Dartmoor Prison (with comments on the Dartmoor Prison massacre) written by himself. Boston: Rowe and Hooper, 1816, first edition.

Holograph notebook entitled Watch, Quarter, Fire and Station bill for the ship, which was part of the South Atlantic Fleet and cruised off Brazil and Africa during I869-1871. Entries were prepared by Benjamin F. Tilley, Master, USN.

Holograph notebook containing a program of inspection of this ship of the North Atlantic Station. Entries are in ink and pencil.

Holograph letter signed to Joseph Fawls, regarding the distribution of his book Thunder Below (Winner of the Samuel E. Morison Prize in 1993) and his involvement as CIC, NATO, Iberian Atlantic Command in building underground headquarters in Portugal, hence his lack of information on release of the Pueblo personnel in 1968.

Holograph letter to Joe regarding information on the building of USS Pueblo during WWII, its loan to South Korea during the Korean War and its conversion in 1966 for environmental research as a counter for its communications/electronics intelligence mission.

Autographed letter signed from Chester ? to an unnamed individual regarding a report of French General Simon Bernard (1779-1839) regarding the best locations of the Navy Shipyards on the East Coast. Porter points out errors in his report and the fact that it conflicts with the report of the Board of Navy Commissioners. He feels that military men are not qualified to decide on naval matters.

Typed letter signed to Earl Collins, Austin, Tex., in which he states that the use of Agent Orange is still permitted by international law. He mentions that his autobiography is entitled On Watch and that his favorite quotation is from Abraham Lincoln 's Gettysburg address.

Autographed note signed, Tompkinsville, New York, to an unidentified person thanking him for his kind remarks. Sigsbee was Commanding Officer, USS Maine when it exploded in Havana Harbor. Cabinet photograph of Sigsbee.

Typed document signed by Dewey CO, Asiatic Fleet in USS Baltimore, Manila, PI, requesting a daily ration of fresh bread.