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FRANKLIN OSGOOD'S LEATHER-WRAPPED SINGLE-DRAW SPYGLASS, AS REAR COMMODORE OF THE NEW YORK YACHT CLUB.
Of typical form with leather-wrapped barrel and brass fittings, the telescope inscribed "FRANKLIN OSGOOD, REAR COMMODORE NEW YORK YACHT CLUB." Length 20 ½ inches closed.Franklin Osgood (1826-1888) was among the first American sailors to defend the America's...