Civil War–dated LS, one page, lightly-lined, 7.75 x 9.75, Navy Department letterhead, Washington, July 2, 1864. Letter to an inventor. In part: “Relative to your patented process for purifying whiskey and desiring to sell the right to use the patent or the purified article to the government…you are informed in reply that whiskey is not used in the Navy.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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