William Gerard Chapman papers, 1913-1914 [manuscript].

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William Gerard Chapman papers, 1913-1914 [manuscript].

Correspondence between Chapman, president of the International Press Bureau of Chicago, and Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, chiefly concerning Chapman's proposal that the Navy finance a book and article he believed would aid recruiting, and one letter regarding this proposal from Franklin D. Roosevelt, acting secretary of the Navy. There are carbon copies of the nine letters from Chapman to Daniels and four letters in reply from Daniels.

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