Sale 218 Lot 225

CIVIL WAR-ERA NAVAL DIARY OF CHARLES S. BRADLEY, USS POTOMAC, 1861-62 Manuscript diary kept by Charles S. Bradley, Washington, DC, while serving as a naval officer aboard the U.S. frigate Potomac, 1861-62, comprising a marbled-board journal with entries in fine period cursive detailing shipboard life, naval operations off Mexico and the Gulf Coast, references to Confederate agents and the French intervention involving Maximilian, target practice, deaths and burials aboard ship, mail and correspondence routines, and personal reflections.
$1,500-2,500

NOTE: The Bradley Family played a significant role in early Washington, DC, history, and the founding of Chevy Chase, MD.
PROVENANCE: By descent through the Bradley family of Chevy Chase, MD, who originally owned all the property in the area of Bradley Boulevard and Lane and the Chevy Chase Club (the old Bradley Farm). NOTE: The Bradley Family played a significant role in early Washington, DC, history, and the founding of Chevy Chase, MD.
PROVENANCE: By descent through the Bradley family of Chevy Chase, MD, who originally owned all the property in the area of Bradley Boulevard and Lane and the Chevy Chase Club (the old Bradley Farm).