SIGNED 1935 WWII NAVY OFFICER CONGRESS ENDORSED NAVAL ACADEMY MIDSHIPMAN LETTER

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INVREF#CL4-45 FRANK CROWTHER (1870 – 1955) US REPUBLICAN PARTY CONGRESSMAN FROM SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK 1919-1943, PRESIDENT OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF SCHENECTADY IN 1917 AND 1918 MEMBER OF THE NEW JERSEY HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY IN 1904-1905, MEMBER OF THE MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ BOARD OF TAXATION 1906-1909 & ENGAGED IN VIOLIN STUDY, LANDSCAPE PAINTING, AND PUBLIC SPEAKING HERE’S A LETTER SIGNED BY CROWTHER ON “HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES U.S.” LETTERHEAD, 1p., DATED JAN. 23, 1935 TO PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY E. K. BACON AT UNION COLLEGE, SCHENECTADY, ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF THE PROFESSOR’S LETTER ENDORSING THE CANDIDACY OF REGINALD F. OCKLEY, JR. FOR AN APPOINTMENT TO THE NAVAL ACADEMY AT ANNAPOLIS. THE LETTER COMES WITH ITS ORIGINAL CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES FREE FRANK COVER, WITH WASHINGTON, D. C. CDS POSTMARK.THE YOUNG MAN WAS ACCEPTED TO THE USNA & GRADUATED IN HTE CLASS OF 1939 NAVAL ACADEMY (REGINALD P. OCKLEY). HE SERVED IN WWII WITH DISTINCTION. The document measures 8” x 10½” and is in very fine condition. A FINE ADDITION TO YOUR NY and NJ POLITICAL HISTORY AUTOGRAPH, MANUSCRIPT & POSTAL HISTORY COLLECTION ::