Percival Drayton letter to Ely McCauley, July 28, 1865, Washington, D.C.

Authors

Percival Drayton, United States Navy, Bureau of Navigation and Office of Detail

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Description

Drayton writes he is glad to hear that McCauley's health is improving and invites him to Washington, D.C. if he has time to visit. At the time of writing, McCauley was a Lieutenant Commander in the Navy and Drayton was head of the Bureau of Navigation and Office of Detail within the Navy; this letter is written on the bureau's stationary.

Transcription

Navy Department, Bureau of Navigation and Office of Detail, Washington, D.C., July 28 1865 My dear McCauley I have intended every day to answer your letter, but cant get the time to write more than an acknowledgement, and will do the rest later. I am glad to hear that your health is getting better, and trust that before the summer is over you will have got all the western miasma out of your system and be ready for work. Should you find time to come on here I will be very glad to see you, and in the mean time with kind remembrance to Madame I am as always, Most sincerely yours [signed] P. Drayton Lt Comr Ely McCauley Philadelphia

Creation Date

7-28-1865

City

Washington (D.C.)

Country

United States

Creator Life Dates

1812-1865

Keywords

Percival Drayton, McCauly, McCauley, Washington D.C., Navy, Bureau of Navigation, Ely McCauly, Ely McCauley, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 28 July 1865, 1865, Bureau of Navigation and Office of Detail

Resource Identifier

080225-13

Date Digital

May 2014

Document Type

Manuscript

Disciplines

Military History | Social History | United States History

Format (medium)

manuscript

Format (IMT)

PDF

Language

en-us

Digitization Specifications

800ppi 24-bit depth color; Scanned with an Epson 15000 Photo scanner with Epson Scan software; Archival master is a TIFF; TIFFs converted to PDF with Adobe Acrobat XI Pro.

Source

The original from which this digital representation is taken is housed in The Littlejohn Collection at Wofford College, located in the Sandor Teszler Library.

Recommended Citation

Drayton, Percival, "Percival Drayton letter to Ely McCauley, July 28, 1865, Washington, D.C." (1865). Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection. 246.
https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/246

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