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Oval albumen photograph, 5.25 x 7.5 in., on a mount trimmed to 7 x 9 in., with partial identification in the lower margin. Housed in a ca 1890s frame, 12 x 14.25 in. Henry Howard Brownell (1820-1872) was a historian and poet with close ties to Admiral Farragut. Although he had been publishing for almost 20 years, Brownell's first popular success was a poetic version of Farragut's "General Orders" given at the attack on New Orleans, after which Farragut hired him as his private secretary. Brownell was present on the deck of the Hartford throughout the Battle of Mobile Bay, with a pocket watch in hand, taking notes on the progress of the battle by the minute. From these notes, he composed The Bay Fight, (of which an annotated copy presented from the author to Fleet Surgeon James Palmer is offered in the sale as Lot 59). Provenance: The Paul DeHaan Collection of Items Related to Admiral D.G. Farragut and the USS Hartford Condition: Very good.