Albert Gleaves Papers 1803-1946 (bulk 1877-1937)

Dolphin (Ship)

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Cushing (Ship)

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Mayflower (Ship)

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The Mayflower was an English ship that transported the first English Puritans, known today as the Pilgrims, from Plymouth, England to the New World in 1620. There were 102 passengers on board and approximately 30 crew. The Pilgrims signed the Mayflower Compact prior to leaving the ship and establishing Plymouth Colony, a document which established a rudimentary form of democracy with each member contributing to the welfare of the community. The ship began sailing before 1609; its master was Chri...

Alabama (Screw sloop)

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C.S.S. Alabama was a screw sloop-of-war built for the Confederate States Navy at Birkenhead, England, in 1862 by John Laird Sons and Company. Alabama served as a successful commerce raider, attacking Union merchant and naval ships over the course of her two-year career, during which she never anchored in a Southern port. She was sunk in battle by the U.S.S. Kearsarge in June 1864 at the Battle of Cherbourg outside the port of Cherbourg, France. From the guide to the C. S. S. Alabama ...

Dewey, George, 1837-1917

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George Dewey (December 26, 1837 – January 16, 1917) was Admiral of the Navy, the only person in United States history to have attained the rank. He is best known for his victory at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War, with the loss of only a single crewman on the American side. Dewey was born in Montpelier, Vermont. At age 15, Dewey's father enrolled him at Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont. Two years later Norwich expelled him for drunkenness and herding sheep into...

Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875

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John Cabell Breckinridge (January 16, 1821 – May 17, 1875) was an American lawyer, politician, and soldier. He represented Kentucky in both houses of Congress and became the 14th and youngest-ever vice president of the United States, serving from 1857 to 1861. He was a member of the Democratic Party, and served in the U.S. Senate during the outbreak of the American Civil War, but was expelled after joining the Confederate Army. He was appointed Confederate secretary of war in 1865. Breckinrid...

Cushing (Torpedo boat)

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Rockenbach, S. D. (Samuel D.), 1869-

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Polk, Frank L. (Frank Lyon), 1871-1943

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Epithet: Under-Sec of State in USA British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000976.0x000035 Frank Lyon Polk was born in New York City on September 13, 1871. He graduated from Yale College (B.A., 1894) and Columbia University Law School (LL.D., 1897). Polk served on a variety of New York City boards and commissions (1906-1913) and as Corporation Counsel (1914-1915). He also served in the Department of State as Counselor ...

Luce, Stephen Bleecker, 1827-1917

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Stephen B. Luce was the founder and first president of the Naval War College, Newport, RI. From the description of Letter, August 25, 1856. [1856] (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 725387880 From the description of Letter, 1878. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 741119897 Luce was the founder and first president of the U.S. Naval War College, Newport, RI. From the description of Letter, March 28, 1890. [1890] (Naval War College). WorldCat r...

Boggs, J. Lawrence (John Lawrence), 1865-

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Beard, W. E. (William Ewing), 1873-1950

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James, Jules, 1885-1957

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Jules James was born in 1885 and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1908. He was CO of the Sixth Naval District and the Charleston (SC) Navy Yard, 1944. From the description of Papers, 1918-1947. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 756643139 ...

Post, Waldron Kintzing, 1868-1955

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Wood, Spencer Shepherd, 1861-1940

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Gavin, Gertrude Hill, 1883-1961

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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Roosevelt, 26th U.S. president, served 1901-1909. From the description of DS, 1904 March 1. : Washington, D.C. Homestead Certificate. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 15210791 26th president of the United States, 1901-1909. From the description of Theodore Roosevelt letters, 1917, 1918. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 213408920 Roosevelt was then Governor of New York. Chapman was one of the founders of the New York St...

Shearer, M. E.

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Benson, William Shepherd, 1855-1932

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William Shepherd Benson (1855-1932) was the first Chief of Naval Operations, serving from May 11, 1915 to September 25, 1919. From the description of Benson, William Shepherd, 1855-1932 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10569386 U.S. naval officer and public official. From the description of William Shepherd Benson papers, circa 1791-1952 (bulk 1915-1928). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981098 Epithet: US admiral Br...

Bowes, Julian W.

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Jones, Hilary Pollard, 1863-1938

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Hilary Pollard Jones, Jr. (14 November 1863 - 1 January 1938) was an officer in the United States Navy during the Spanish-American War and World War I. During the early 1920s, he served as Commander in Chief, United States Fleet. From the description of Letter, November 23, 1927. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 18171752 Naval officer. From the description of Papers of Hilary Pollard Jones, 1889-1937 (bulk 1920-1930). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 710604...

Price, Ernest Batson, 1890-

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American consular official in China, 1914-1929; president, China Airways, 1929-1930; Standard Vacuum Oil Company representative in China, 1946-1950. From the description of Ernest Batson Price papers, 1914-1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754870060 Biographical Note 1890, October 13 born, Henzada, Burma 1913 ...

Phelps, W. W.

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Gleaves, Albert, 1858-1937

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Naval officer and historian. From the description of Papers of Albert Gleaves, 1803-1946. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77668816 Biographical Note 1858, Jan. 1 Born, Nashville, Tenn. 1877 Graduated, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. ...

United States. Navy

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...

Mayflower (Patrol vessel)

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Lawrence, James, 1781-1813

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United States naval officer; born in Burlington, New Jersey and married Julia Montaudevert of New York City. From the description of James Lawrence collection, 1758-1856. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 476058351 Epithet: Lieutenant; RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000133.0x0001bb Epithet: of Kimberley British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : D...

Knox, Dudley Wright, 1877-1960

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Naval officer and historian. From the description of Dudley Wright Knox papers, circa 1864-1950 (bulk 1921-1946). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979796 Biographical Note 1877, June 21 Born, Walla Walla, Washington Territory 1896 Graduated, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis,...

Japan. Rikugun

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Japanese imperial army. From the description of Rikugun records, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123408906 ...

Constien, E. T.

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Chack, Paul, 1876-1945

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Breckinridge, Louisa P.

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United States. Navy. Atlantic Fleet

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Czechoslovakia. Armáda.

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Chadwick, French Ensor, 1844-1919

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Rear Admiral Chadwick served on various naval vessels, taught at the Naval Academy, and served as naval attache of the American legation in London, and as Chief of the Naval Intelligence Service and of the Naval Bureau of Equipment. He was among the officers appointed to investigate the destruction of the Maine, which action precipitated the Spanish-American War in 1898. In 1900, he was named President of the Naval War College at Newport and in 1903 Commander in Chief of the South Atlantic Fleet...

Alabama (Battleship : BB-8)

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United States. Navy. Asiatic Fleet

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Gardiner, William Howard

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Eller, Ernest McNeill, 1903-1992

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Maxwell, Edith Rolfe, 1886-1963

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Edith Rolfe Maxwell was born in Helena, Mont., on 22 Jan. 1886 to Herbert Percy Rolfe, surveyor for the Great Falls Townsite and Martha Edgerton Rolfe Plassman, the daughter of Sidney Edgerton, first governor of Montana Territory. The Rolfe family moved to Great Falls from Fort Benton in spring of 1884. Edith taught high school history, was secretary of the art unit of the Montana Institute of Arts, and president ofthe Sons and Daughters of Montana Pioneers. She married Arthur B. Maxwell who die...

Baldridge, Harry Alexander, 1880-1952

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Naval officer. From the description of Papers of Harry Alexander Baldridge, 1902-1947. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71130860 ...

Fales, DeCoursey, 1888-1966

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Banker, art collector; New York City. From the description of Selected items from the autograph collection of De Coursey Fales, 1838-1865. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122502626 De Coursey Fales (1888-1966) was a New York City lawyer and banker who collected books and manuscripts. He donated his book collection to New York University and split his manuscript gifts between N.Y.U. and the New York Public Library. From the description of De Coursey Fales autograph...

Percy, J. C. (James Campbell), 1869-1928

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Fox, Charles Eli, 1870-1926

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United States Naval Torpedo Station (Newport, R.I.)

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The U.S. Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, RI, was established in 1869 on Goat Island and remained there until 1951. It was the site where torpedoes were manufactured and tested. From the description of Papers, 1905-1953. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 756836678 The Naval Torpedo Station in Newport, RI was established in 1869, and was the first naval command in Narragansett Bay. From the description of Photograph album, 1905. (Naval War College). WorldCat...

Rodgers, Raymond Perry, 1849-1925

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Rear admiral in the U.S. Navy. From the description of Papers, 1876-1879. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20116000 ...

Sicard, Montgomery, 1836-1900

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Naval officer. From the description of Papers of Montgomery Sicard, 1800-1948 (bulk 1870-1898). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81967148 Biographical Note 1836, Sept. 30 Born, New York, N.Y. 1855 Graduated, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. Duty in USS Potomac...

Post, Charles K.

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Brownson, Willard H. (Willard Herbert), 1845-1935

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U.S. naval officer. From the description of Willard H. Brownson papers, 1859-1932 (bulk 1867-1932). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982018 U.S. navy officer. From the description of Papers, 1859-1932. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 34149446 Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy. Willard Brownson was born in Lyons, New York on 8 July 1845. After attending Lyons Union School he was appointed to the Naval Academy in 1861 and graduated in 1865. H...

Dolphin (Gunboat and dispatch vessel)

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Allman, Norwood F. (Norwood Francis), 1893-1987

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American consular officer and lawyer in China, 1916-1950; editor and publisher, Shen Pao, 1937-1941, and China Press, 1947-1949; chief, Far East Section, Secret Intelligence Branch, United States Office of Strategic Services, 1942-1945. From the description of Norwood F. Allman papers, 1929-1987. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123379384 Biographical Note 1893, July 24 B...

Putnam, George Haven, 1844-1930

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George Haven Putnam (1844-1930) was a publisher and author best known for his commitment to the establishment of national copyright legislation in the U.S. and to American adherence to the international copyright Convention of Berne. After serving in the U.S. Civil War, he entered his father's publishing house, G.P. Putnam's Sons. He assumed the presidency of the firm in 1872 and became an authority on the legal implications of copyright. In 1886 he formed the American Publishers' Copyright Leag...

United States. Navy. Pacific Fleet

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West, Clifford Hardy, 1846-1911

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Gibbons, John Henry

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Slocum, Joshua, 1844-1909

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Canadian adventurer, author, lecturer; first person to sail solo around the world. From the description of Letter to Mrs. Thaxter, 1901 December 28. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 48926781 ...

Sellers, David Foote, 1874-1949

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Naval officer. From the description of David Foote Sellers papers, 1860-1949 (bulk 1927-1938). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81153357 Biographical Note 1874, Feb. 4 Born, Austin, Tex. 1894 Graduated, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. ...

Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948

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Josephus Daniels, son of Josephus and Mary (Cleves) Daniels, was born in Washington, North Carolina, May 18, 1862. He attended the Wilson Collegiate Institute. On May 2, 1888, he married Addie W. Bagley. At the age of eighteen, he was editor of the "Wilson Advance"; admitted to the bar in 1885; state printer for North Carolina, 1887-1893; chief clerk, Department of the Interior, 1893-1895; editor of the "Raleigh State Chronicle", 1885; editor of the "Raleigh State News and Observer", 1894-1919; ...

Blakeslee, Edward G.

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Sa, Zhenbing, 1859-1952

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