US SAW SAILORS PERSONAL LOG BOOK/NOTES ON HIS SUMMER CRUISE FROM PHILA. TO THE MEDITERRANEAN BY WAY OF ENGLAND AND FRANCE ON BOARD THE “USS SARATOGA”, TRIP LASTED FROM JUNE 18, 1900 TO OCTOBER 1900 AND COVERED 10

US POST 1900’S 6TH CAVALRY IDENTIFIED 2″ X 7″ YELLOW SILK CHRISTMAS GREETING, HAS STENCILED ON THE YELLOW SILK “I WISH YOU, A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR <1905 / 1906> CHAS. W. MATHUSE TROOP A, 6TH CAVALRY, FORT MEADE, S. DAKOTA”, CONDITION RATES AS GOOD ONLY, A LITTLE DOG EARED, FAIRLY SCARCE