TLS, 1912 December 7 : Department of the Navy, Washington, D.C., with a TMs to William Griffith, New York.

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TLS, 1912 December 7 : Department of the Navy, Washington, D.C., with a TMs to William Griffith, New York.

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The Navy Admiral sends a typed manuscript entitled "Needed -- A Powerful Navy" to the editor of National Sunday Magazine. "The many inducements which the service offers to young men might well be made the subject of a separate article."

1 p. ; 26 x 20 cm. ; also 2 1/3 p.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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