Papers, 1898-1919.

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Papers, 1898-1919.

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A few misc. papers of Henry W. Sprague, including two commissions in the U.S. Signal Corps (1898); a telegram containing his orders in such (Aug. 1898); and his passport (1907). The papers also include a letter from Calvin Coolidge to F.A. Welch thanking him for his work during World War I (1919); and an honorable discharge and memorial to Frederick G. Morrison.

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Morrison, Frederick G.

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Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933

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Epithet: president of the United States British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x00001d Calvin Coolidge's son John married John Trumbull's daughter Florence. From the description of Letter, 1931 March 16, Northampton, Mass., to John H. Trumbull, Plainville, Conn. (Hartford Public Library). WorldCat record id: 25622017 For information on Pres. Coolidge, see an encyclopedia. No information is...

Sprague, Henry Ware, 1855-1932

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United States. Army. Signal Corps

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Congress passed a resolution creating a national weather service on February 9, 1870, and it was signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. This new law directed the Secretary of War to take meterological observations and provide warnings of approaching storms. The Brevet Brigadier General Albert J. Myer and his Signal Service Corps were assigned this duty on February 25, 1870 by the Secretary of War. Weather observations began on November 1, 1870. In June 1872, Congress extended the weather...

Welch, F. A.

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