Sherwood Picking autograph letter signed, undated.

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Sherwood Picking autograph letter signed, undated.

Autograph letter signed to "Dear Mother" (Laura Sherwood Picking), regarding the possibility of obtaining a Liberty engine for the Maine Historical Socieety, but largely personal in nature.

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Maine Historical Society

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Founded in 1822, the Maine Historical Society is the third oldest historical society in the United States.The Maine Genealogical Society merged its genealogical book collections with MHS in 1922 and ceased to exist. A new organization with the same name was established in 1976. From the description of Maine Historical Society records, 1723-2006. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 71128359 ...

Picking, Sherwood, 1890-1941

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Capt. Sherwood Picking was the son of Rear Admiral Henry Forry Picking and Laura Sherwood Picking, a great grandson of John Neal, of Portland, Me., and a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy in 1911. He was killed Sept. 1, 1941 in a crash of an RAF Ferry Command plane while it was attempting to land in the British Isles in a dense fog while on his way to take up new duties as assistant naval attacheĢ at the American Embassy in London. He was a resident of Baltimore, Md. From the descri...

Picking, Laura Sherwood

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