David Glasgow Farragut

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Stock #: 834379
Type: Postcard
Publisher: Bamforth & Co.
Postmark: Feb-18
PM City: St. Cloud
PM State: Mich
Stamp: 1c
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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born in Tennessee, 1801; died, 1870; son of a Spainard; adopted by David Porter; appointed midshipman in 1810: lieutenant-commander, 1841; captain, 1855; commanded naval expedition that captured Confederate fleet and destroyed New Orleans in 1862.
From the Darlene Thorne Collection

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