USS Gem of the Sea Correspondence Book-- Part 1: At Auction

From Cowan's Auctions  Civil War Correspondence Notebook of the USS Gem of the Sea.

Eight-by 12.5-ich book with brown marbleized boards with reinforced buckram binding, 179 of 192 pages filled.

First entry dated  New York, USS bark Gem of the Sea, October 20, 1861.

This book contains all correspondence by Lieutenant Irvin B. Baxter, commanding the ship, to  to Flag Officer Du Pont, Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, commanders of other ships, prize commissioners (and he sure had a lot of that) and other officials until January 19, 1864.

Cowan  estimate for the book:  $800 to $1200.

Price gotten, including Buyer's Premium, $840.

--Old B-Runner