Papers : 1879-1918.

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Papers : 1879-1918.

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Correspondence concerning navy administration, strength and mobilization policy, maneuvers, personnel reform, technology, Beresford's commands, elections and politics, British leadership, and naval officers, political leaders, and royal personages, including John A. Fisher; Kaiser Wilhelm II, Herbert Bismarck; Lord Wolseley; Louis Mountbatten; Lord Goschen; George, Prince of Wales (later King of England); Carl Meyer; and Sir George Stuart White.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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