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Richmond, Virginia.

October 25, 1927.

It is eminently appropriate that a life of Commodore Matthew Fontaine Maury should be written in the environment of Annapolis, and by a professor in the United States Naval Academy, and The Maury Memorial Association is deeply appreciative of this splendid tribute to the name and fame of one of America's greatest naval officers and benefactors.

Mrs. E. E. Moffitt.

President, The Maury Association.