Entered the U.S. Navy as a midshipman in 1815. Served numerous commands at sea and ashore, including the Naval Academy's first superintendent; Mexican War veteran. Resigned his U.S. Navy commission in April 1861 and was commissioned as a captain...
In the letter Roosevelt thanks Mrs. Semple for her "prompt and patriotic response to the NAVY'S call for binoculars, telescopes, and spy-glasses." The Navy will attempt to return the items at the end of the war, "when it is hoped that you will feel...