From the Nov. 9, 2019, Santa Fe, New Mexican "Possible 1800s naval artifact found in Taos sent to Boston Museum" by Jesse Moya.
Robert Smith said he found a copy of "Grecian History" in a garbage bag ready to be thrown out and held on to it for some time before realizing that it might have survived a sea battle during the War of 1812.
One day he opened the cover and found that a sailor named Charles F. Waldo , who served on the USS Constitution during the war had written an inscription. Smith later sold it to a close friend living in the Taos area for $200. He got the book back after his friend's death.
Since then, Smith has been doing some research on the book and has donated it to the USS Constitution Museum in Boston.
--Brock-Perry
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