Wonderful large mahogany table top desk with brass inlay consisting of divided board storage under lid, fold down top with writing surface and three small hidden drawers within. The name "K. Harlow" is inscribed on the brass plaque on the lid. Captial Kimball Harlow was in command of the ship "Telegraph" which was built and launched in 1851 from Medford, MA. He also was in command of other ships in the 1850's including "King Fisher" in 1858. Later in history a WWII ship was named after Captain Harlow. This desk was handed down in the family and through marriage was once again used by a famous captain. This time it was Captain F. G. Wadsworth, who was in command of the U.S. Treasury cutter "Algonquin" around the Spanish - American war. He actually won a race with other cutters while patrolling the 1901 America's Cup Race Off in New York. This lot also includes the contents of the desk which there are over one dozen letters addressed to Captain Wadsworth including from the head of the U.S. Treasury Dept.; three 1903 blank American Cup Race tickets which reads, "admit ___ on board U.S.S. Algonquin; large lot of Revenue Service Cutter stationary; copy of document naming F. G. F. Wadsworth as Senior Captain of Revenue Cutter Service by Teddy Roosevelt; copies of other documents; pen knife; pen; misc. and 1980's letters explaining some of the genealogy. 9" high x 20 1/2" wide x 12" deep.

Small of brass inlay missing on lid and around bottom edge.