Lot 1152
George Dewey, Admiral of the Navy; two signatures, one on January 6, 1906 cover letter to Mr. H.H. Windsor editor of Popular Mechanics in Chicago, Il. regarding his enclosed short article entitled Why a Young Man Should Enlist in the Navy, the other on the three page article giving praise to a naval career and it's benefits in the long run, quotes a Naval Lieutenant who echoes his sentiment and ends appealing to the patriotic desire of a young man; with two of the four pages on "Navy Department, Office of The Admiral of the Navy" letterhead, pages mounted on board with some paper splitting and chipping not affecting signatures, includes a printed photo proof of Dewey that was used in the article, F.-V.F.Estimate $500 - 750.
The article was eventually published in the March 1906 edition of "Popular Mechanics". The third in a series on what occupation a young man should choose.