Collection, 1898-1899.

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Collection, 1898-1899.

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Articles, several letters and a roll book documenting the Spanish-American War from the sinking of the Maine to the end. Articles are pasted into scrapbooks. The articles discuss the officers, especially Col. Fred Bennitt, the action, the country, people and culture of Puerto Rica, the problem with malaria and typhoid fever and the troops returning to the United States. Many letters from the soldiers, including one from Clarence discussing the taking of Arroyo, were published in the newspapers. There are two letters from Clarence to his parents while he is hospitalized in New York.

.42 linear feet 1 box.

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Davis, Albert Roy

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Joliet Illinois resident who collected newspaper and journal articles about the Spanish-American War and the 3rd Illinois Infantry in which his son, Clarence O. Davis, chief trumpeter, served in the Puerto Rican campaign. From the description of Collection, 1898-1899. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 47670629 ...

United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 3rd (1898)

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Davis, Clarence Alba, 1892-1974

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Lawyer. From the description of Reminiscences of Clarence Alba Davis : oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122587197 ...

Bennitt, Fred.

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