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Cambridge, Massachusetts: Crimson Printing Company, 1935. First Edition. Signed by Willoughby on the title page. Also, with a great presentation on the front endpaper: "With best wishes and Christmas greetings to the entire family of Gov. & Mrs. Roger Wolcott from Mary Parker Converse. 195 High St., Denver 18, Colorado." Mary Caroline (Parker) Converse [1872-1961], also known as Captain Mary Parker Converse, was the first woman to be commissioned by the United States Merchant Marine. In 1896, her husband Harry Elisha Converse [1847-1900], who was an avid yachtsman, purchased the Penelope (later the Yankton) and sold it to the U.S. Navy when the country entered the Spanish-American War. He was then appointed as a colonel and acting quartermaster-general of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia by Gov. Roger Wolcott, whose descendants appear to be the recipients of this book. In response to America's entry into World War I, Mary Converse joined the Boston chapter of the American Red Cross, penned an… Read More