Collection, 1860-1933 1897-1898.

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Collection, 1860-1933 1897-1898.

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Correspondence, commissions, photographs, newspapers, and newspaper clippings owned by the Gridley family, relating to Charles Gridley's life, naval service, death, funeral, and memorialization.

1 box (7 folders and 1 letterbook)

Independence Seaport Museum

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SNAC Resource ID: 7752476

Independence Seaport Museum

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Trenton (Steamship)

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Gridley, Harriet Vincent.

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Olympia (Cruiser)

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The U.S.S Olympia, the flagship of the Asiatic Squadron during the Spanish-American War. The Olympia was commissioned on February 5, 1895 and sailed from Mare Island to take its position as flagship of the Asiatic Squadron on August 25, 1895, under the command of Captain John J. Read. In 1895-1897, the Olympia visited ports in China, Japan, and the Philippines, spending the winter of 1897 in Hong Kong Harbor. On Jan. 3, George Dewey, the new Squadron commander arrived onboard of the Olympia. Whe...

Gridley, Charles Vernon, 1844-1898

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Charles Vernon Gridley (24 November 1844 – 5 June 1898) was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War and the Spanish–American War. An 1864 graduate of the United States Naval Academy (which had temporarily moved to Newport, Rhode Island during the Civil War), he served as an Acting Ensign on board the "USS Oneida" the August 1864 Battle of Mobile Bay, Alabama. Gridley was promoted to lieutenant in 1867 and lieutenant commander on March 12, 1868. He was stationed...