“[You] propose a most acceptable service to the navy of the United States,” part of a cryptic autograph letter to a colleague, signed by Barron, May 7, 1830, From Gosport [i.e., Portsmouth, VA]
4to. One-page, approximately 90 words, in part: “It is now some time since I have been called upon to reflect on the subject alluded to … [work] does not allow me a moment of time to a study, that requires so much intense reflection as the one you are about..... More