Letter, October 15, 1929.

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Letter, October 15, 1929.

Letter of October 15, 1929, Washington, D.C., to Speaker of House Nicholas Longworth regarding draft of a proposed bill for purchase of bust of Lt. James Gilliss, USN to be presented to Chilean National Observatory which he helped establish.

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Adams, Charles Francis, 1866-1954

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Charles Francis Adams III (August 2, 1866 - June 10, 1954) was the United States Secretary of the Navy, 1929-1933, under President Herbert Hoover and a well-known yachtsman. From the description of Letter, October 15, 1929. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 17974111 ...

Longworth, Nicholas, 1869-1931

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Nicholas "Nick" Longworth III (November 5, 1869 – April 9, 1931) was an American Republican politician who became Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. A lawyer by training, he was elected to the Ohio Senate, where he initiated the successful Longworth Act of 1902, regulating the issuance of municipal bonds. As congressman for Ohio's 1st congressional district, he soon became a popular social figure of Washington, and married President Theodore Roosevelt's daughter Alice Lee ...

Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory

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Gilliss, James C.

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