Typed letter signed by Captain Reginald R. Belknap to Major Eben Putnam
by Belknap, Reginald Rowan
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1926. Very Good. 2 documents. The 1st is a typed letter, dated U. S. Naval Training Station, Hampton Roads, Va., 3 May 1926, signed "R. R. Belknap," informing Major Eben Putnam that he had received and would be happy to read Putnam's draft of an account of the North Sea Mine Barrage during World War One. The 2nd is a handwritten note from ? Rottingham, Military Historical Society of Massachusetts, about the account, noting that it is "going to Belknap." Major Eben Putnam (1868-1933) was a captain in the Quartermaster Corps from 1917 to 1919; following the war, he was an editor and author of genealogy and military history. Reginald Rowan Belknap (1871-1959) had a long and distinguished career in the U. S. Navy, including commanding Mine Squadron One, which laid the North Sea Mine Barrage during the First World War. He was promoted to rear admiral in 1927. In Very Good Condition: both letters have minor creasing and rust marks at upper edge; letter from Belknap is lightly soiled; smaller note has small ink spots; both are solid.
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- Typed letter signed by Captain Reginald R. Belknap to Major Eben Putnam
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- Belknap, Reginald Rowan
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- Used - Very Good
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- Date Published
- 1926
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