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Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1809-1894), Autograph quotation signed, dated Boston, June 15th, 1877, one page, the third and final stanza from "Old Ironsides," "Oh, better that her shattered bulk/ Should sink beneath the wave; /Her thunders shook the mighty deep,/And there should be her grave;/ Nail to the mast her holy flag,/ Set every threadbare sail,/ And give her to the god of storms,/The lightning and the gale!," framed, (folds, mat toning). Note: By repute, this patriotic poem saved the USS Constitution from being scrapped in the 19th century.


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