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RAYMOND PERRY RODGERS (1849 – 1925) UNITED STATES NAVY REAR-ADMIRAL, 2nd CHIEF INTELLIGENCE OFFICER OF THE OFFICE OF NAVAL INTELLIGENCE (“ONI”) IN THE BUREAU OF NAVIGATION, 12th PRESIDENT OF THE NAVAL WAR COLLEGE 1909-1911, SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR COMMANDER, PHILIPPINE-AMERICAN WAR and CHINA BOXER REBELLION COMMANDER & CIVIL WAR ERA ANNAPOLIS NAVAL ACADEMY MIDSHIPMAN 1864-1868. HERE’s A GOOD CONTENT AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY RODGERS, 4pp., DATELINED AT THE UNITED STATES EMBASSY AT PARIS, FRANCE, MARCH 11, 1897, WRITING TO HIS FORMER COMMANDING OFFICER, JOHN GRIMES WALKER (1835 – 1907) UNITED STATES NAVY REAR-ADMIRAL, CIVIL WAR NAVAL COMMANDER, POST-WAR COMMODORE, REAR ADMIRAL, ACTING SECRETARY of the NAVY & PRESIDENT of the ISTHMIAN PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION! RODGERS WRITES A GLOWING LETTER TO HIS FORMER COMMANDER J.G.WALKER, WHO WILL SOON BE RETIRING AFTER AN ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER IN THE US Navy

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