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1887 TLS signed/endorsed by 3 Admirals including Adm. William T. Sampson:
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1887 TLS signed/endorsed by 3 Admirals including Adm. William T. Sampson
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1887 TLS signed and endorsed by threeAdmirals including a lengthy endorsement by Admiral William T. Sampson on the verso. I have listed all the signers below. Wear as shown.

William Thomas Sampson (February 9, 1840 – May 6, 1902) was a United States Navy rear admiral known for his victory in the Battle of Santiago de Cubaduring the Spanish–American War.

He was born in Palmyra, New York, and entered the United States Naval Academyon September 24, 1857. After graduating first in his class four years later, he served as an instructor at the Academy, teaching physics.[1] In 1864, he became the executive officer of the monitor Patapsco of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron and engaged in sweeping torpedoes off Charleston, South Carolina. He survived the loss of that ironclad on January 15, 1865, when she struck a torpedo, exploded, and sank with a loss of 75lives.

Following duty on the steam frigate Colorado with the European Squadron, another tour as instructor at the Naval Academy, and in the Bureau of Navigationof the Navy Department, he served in the screw sloop Congress. He then commanded the Alert, the training ship Mayflower, and the Swatara while on duty at the Naval Academy.

During the next years, he was Assistant to the Superintendent of the United States Naval Observatory, then Officer-in-Charge of the Naval Torpedo Station at Newport, Rhode Island. On September 9, 1886, he became Superintendent of the Naval Academy. He was promoted to captain on April 9, 1889, reported to the Mare Island Navy Yard to fit out the protected cruiser San Francisco, and assumed command when she was commissioned on November 15, 1889. He was detached in June 1892 to serve as Inspector of Ordnance in the Washington Navy Yard and was appointed Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance on January 28, 1893. He assumed command of the battleship Iowa on June 15, 1897. On February 17, 1898, he was made President of the Board of Inquiry to investigate the destruction of the Maine. On March 26, 1898, he assumed command of the North Atlantic Squadron, with the temporary rank of rear admiral.

Spanish–American WarThe United States declared war against Spain on April 25, 1898; and, eight days later, Admiral Pascual Cervera\'s fleet sailed from the Cape Verde Islands for an uncertain destination. Rear Admiral Sampson, in flagship New York, put to sea from Key West. Sampson\'s early involvement in the conflict included his supervision of the Cuban blockade, which lasted for the duration of the war, as well as the bombardment of the city of San Juan on May 12, 1898. After initially being sent to blockade Havana itself, Sampson was given orders to intercept Admiral Cervera\'s squadron, but with only a vague notion of Cervera\'s current location, he was unable to actively pursue. Awaiting further information on Cervera\'s whereabouts, Sampson sailed east to San Juan and carried out a bombardment on May 12 that lasted several hours, dealing minor infrastructural damage to the city. After this preliminary bombardment, Sampson helped lead a land-sea attack on San Juan Hill, along with General William Shafter, taking the city of Santiago de Cuba. On July 1, following the successful invasion, Sampson returned to Puerto Rico, reinforcing the blockade in San Juan.

On May 29, elements of Sampson\'s command spotted Admiral Cervera\'s squadron moving into Santiago harbor and the naval presence there was greatly increased to prevent Cervera\'s escape. On the morning of July 3, 1898, Cervera\'s fleet came out of the harbor. Sampson was ashore at a conference with General Shafter, making plans for a coordinated attack on Santiago.Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley was in command of the Flying Squadron in Sampson\'s absence and met the Spanish fleet, completely destroying every Spanish vessel in a running sea battle lasting five hours. The next day, Rear Admiral Sampson sent his famous message: \"The Fleet under my command offers the nation as a Fourth of July present, the whole of Cervera\'s Fleet\".

Sampson\'s message omitted any mention of Schley\'s leadership in the battle, leading to a controversy as to who was responsible for the victory. While Sampson also arguably played a significant role in the victory, having laid down the strategic framework and determining the favorable positions of his own forces, it was of course Schley who had actually commanded the fleet during the battle.Schley appealed for a court of inquiry, which he got in 1901. In the Navy, the quarrel was so divisive that the rank-and-file identified themselves as either a \"Schley man\" or a \"Sampson man.\" The court of inquiry heard testimony in support of Schley by his own men and, despite some criticism of Schley, exonerated the commander of the Flying Squadron.

After the Battle of Santiago Bay, Sampson was appointed Cuban Commissioner on August 20, 1898, but resumed command of the North Atlantic Fleet in December. He became Commandant of the Boston Navy Yard in October 1899 and transferred to the Retired List on February 9, 1902.

Rear AdmiralJohn Grimes Walker

(March 20, 1835 – September 16, 1907) was an admiral in the United States Navy who served during the Civil War. After the war, he served as Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, head of the Lighthouse Board, and commander-in-chief of the Squadron of Evolution and of the North Atlantic Squadron. In retirement, he led commissions to investigate the construction of a Central American canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Walker distinguished himself under David Dixon Porter during the Mississippi Rivercampaigns while serving in Winona, Baron DeKalb (which he commanded), and Saco. He participated in the engagements with Forts Jackson and St. Philip, as well as the Chalmette batteries during the operations which resulted in the fall of New Orleans.

He later took part in the Navy\'s operations against Vicksburg. During the winter of 1862 and 1863, Walker participated in the thrusts against Haines Bluff and Arkansas Post. He also took part in the Yazoo Pass Expedition, the attack on Fort Pemberton, and the capture of Yazoo City.

At the siege of Vicksburg, Walker commanded the naval gun battery attached to the 15th Army Corps. His subsequent war service included operations which resulted in the capture of Fort Fisher, and he participated in the ensuing bombardments of Forts Anderson and Caswell on the Cape Fear River and in the capture of Wilmington, North Carolina. From 1864 to 1865, he commanded the steam gunboat Saco in the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron.

Post-Civil War service

From 1865 to 1866, Walker commanded the steamer Shawmut in the Brazil Squadron. Promoted to commander in July 1866, he served as Assistant Superintendent of the Naval Academy from 1866 to 1869. After commanding Sabine in 1869 and 1870—during which time he took the ship to Europe on a midshipman training cruise—Walker served as secretary to the Lighthouse Board from 1873 to 1878. Promoted to captain in June 1877, he commanded the sidewheel steam frigate Powhatan on North Atlantic Station in 1881.

From 1881 to 1889, Walker held the post of Chief of the Bureau of Navigation. Created in 1882, the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI), directed its reports to the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation until 1889 when it was seconded to the assistant secretary of the navy\'s office.

Walker was the subject of a feature article in the September 12, 1891 edition of The New York Times. The article detailed how, as Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, Walker gave senior officers assignments beneath their abilities in hopes that they would retire from the Navy sooner and, thereby, enable Walker to get promoted faster.

Flag assignments

Promoted to commodore in February 1889, Walker went to sea as an acting rear admiral commanding the Squadron of Evolution (or \"White Squadron\"), with his flag in Chicago. In 1890, he assumed command of the South Atlantic Squadron. From September 1892 to June 1893, Walker served as commander-in-chief of the North Atlantic Squadron. From 1893 to 1894, he was a member of the Board of Inspection and Survey.

Appointed permanent rear admiral in January 1894,Walker briefly served as commander of the Pacific Squadron from April to August 1894.In 1895, he took the White Squadron to Hawaii when a coup d\'etat posed a threat to American interests. He received a commendation for his attitude of watchful waiting and his squadron\'s posture of readiness to respond to a possible emergency.

Upon his return to shore duty in 1896, he headed the Lighthouse Board and concurrently chaired the committee investigating locations for deep-water harbors in southern California.

Rear Admiral Purnell Frederick HarringtonActing Midshipman, 20 September, 1861. Acting Ensign, 1 October, 1863. Master, 10 May, 1866. Lieutenant, 21 February, 1867. Lieutenant Commander, 12 March, 1868. Commander, 28 May, 1881. Captain, 1 March, 1895.

Rear Admiral Purnell Frederick Harrington Commander-in-Chief 1925 - 1927 by Dr. Robert Girard Carroon, Past Commander-in-Chief Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States:

Purnell Frederick Harrington was a career naval officer who served as Commander-in-Chief from 1925 to 1927. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, he was both a scholar and a blue water sailor of uncommon ability. Purnell was born in Dover, Delaware on June 6, 1844, the son of Samuel M. Harrington and Mary Lofland. Upon completion of high school he received an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy and was mustered in as Acting Midshipman on September 20, 1861. On July 16, 1862 he was promoted to Midshipman and, upon graduation was appointed Acting Ensign.

Acting Ensign Harrington\'s first assignment was service on the U.S.S. Ticonderoga on duty with the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron from October 1863 through January 1864. He then was transferred to the U.S.S. Niagara on special service from January to June 1864 when he was transferred to the U.S.S. Monongahela with the Western Gulf Blockading Squadron. It was while serving on the Monongahela that Ensign Harrington participated in the Battle of Mobile Bay in the naval force under the command of Rear Admiral David Glasgow Farragut.

After shore leave at the end of the War of the Rebellion Acting Ensign Harrington returned to service on the Monongahela and was promoted Ensign on December 21, 1865. After his appointment as Master on May 10, 1866 Purnell Harrington was appointed Lieutenant on February 21, 1867 and assigned to the U.S. Naval Academy. After a two year tour of duty, during which he was promoted to Lieutenant Commander on March 12, 1868, he was assigned to temporary torpedo duty with the U.S.S. California on August, 1870, followed by appointment as executive officer on the U.S.S. Pensacola, flagship of the Pacific fleet from December 1870 through August 1873. He returned to the U.S. Naval Academy in September 1873 serving on the faculty until September 1876 when he became the executive officer of the U.S.S. Hartford with the South Atlantic Squadron. He returned to the faculty of the U.S. Naval Academy in January 1880 and was promoted to the rank of Commander on May 28, 1881. His next sea assignment was as captain of the U.S.S. Juanita on the Asiatic Station from March 1883 to January 1886 when he became Commandant of Cadets at the U.S. Naval Academy. While commanding the Juanita he was involved in U.S. affairs on Madagascar and the Comoro Islands, particularly the relationship between the Sultan of Johanna and Dr. B.F. Wilson, an American citizen.

Purnell Harrington\'s next assignment was as inspector of the 4th lighthouse district in Philadelphia where he served until 1893 when he assumed command of the U.S.S. Yorktown. Following his service on the Yorktown he went on special duty at the Navy Department in Washington D.C. and then assumed the presidency of the steel board of the U.S. Navy. Purnell Harrington was promoted to Captain, United States Navy, on March 1, 1895. After commanding the U.S.S. Terror with the North Atlantic Squadron from April 1896 to July 1897, Captain Harrington found himself in command of the U.S.S. Puritan at the outbreak of the Spanish American War. From November 1898 to October 1901 Captain Harrington was commandant of the Navy Yard at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. On March 21 1903 Captain Harrington was promoted to Rear Admiral and became commandant of the U.S. Navy Yard at Norfolk, Virginia. On 6 June 1906, after an illustrious career of service in the United States Navy and to the Republic Rear Admiral Harrington was placed on the retired list. His final military duty was in connection with the Jamestown Exposition from July 1906 to January 1908.

A scholar in the area of nautical engineering he wrote a number of articles bearing such titles as \"The Coefficient of Safety in Navigation\" and \"Notes of Navigation and the Determination of Meridian Distances for the Use of Naval Cadets at the U.S. Naval Academy.\" He is listed among the \"founding fathers\" of the U.S. Naval Institute.

Rear Admiral Harrington was elected a Companion of the First Class of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion on December 7, 1910 by the Commandery of the State of New York and assigned Insignia #16399. On May 1, 1912 he was elected Sr. Vice Commander of the New York Commandery and on February 15, 1913 he became Commander. In 1923 he was elected Sr. Vice Commander-in-Chief. Rear Admiral Harrington succeeded Lt. General Nelson Appleton Miles as Commander-in-Chief upon the latter\'s death.

On August 5, 1868 Purnell Frederick Harrington was married to Mia N. Ruan of St. Croix, Danish West Indies, and they had four children including Colonel Samuel Milby Harrington USMC who was a hereditary companion of MOLLUS with Insignia No. 16527. Rear Admiral Harrington died at his home in Yonkers, New York, on October 20, 1937.N. M. Terry -no info available

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