Letter, dated July 19, 1916, from Secretary of the Navy to Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co., NYC thanking for assistance raising destroyer TERRY
gelatin silver print
PHOTOGRAPHSMerritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
USA, DC, Washington
1916-07-19
paper
4-3/4 x 6-3/4 in.
Gelatin silver print in photograph album 2008.28.8 of Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation salvage operations; handwritten lower right "6742"; photograph of letter from Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy, to Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co., NYC, dated July 19, 1916, thanking Merritt & Chapman for assistance with raising destroyer TERRY, with particular gratitude to Captain W.N. Davis and Captain H.R. Foster; see related photograph 2008.28.8.794.
2008.28.8.795