Collection on George Dewey, 1898-1999.

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Collection on George Dewey, 1898-1999.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/587443272

The collection, which remains open to new materials, contains papers, correspondence and bound manuscripts as well as publications pertaining to the life and career of George Dewey. This includes 1898 clippings about the Battle of Manila Bay, 1899 articles about Dewey in The Vermonter, correspondence between Dewey and the author of The History of Norwich University, 1819-1911, William Arba Ellis, and a scrapbook of images from the Spanish-American War Era, 1898-1901. Some correspondence as well as a journal and account book of Dewey's wife, Mildred McLean Hazen, is also included in the collection.

1 Box (1 linear foot)

Norwich University, Kreitzberg Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7769305

Norwich University, Kreitzberg Library

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Dewey, George, 1837-1917

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George Dewey (December 26, 1837 – January 16, 1917) was Admiral of the Navy, the only person in United States history to have attained the rank. He is best known for his victory at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War, with the loss of only a single crewman on the American side. Dewey was born in Montpelier, Vermont. At age 15, Dewey's father enrolled him at Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont. Two years later Norwich expelled him for drunkenness and herding sheep into...

Dewey, Mildred McLean Hazen, 1850-1931

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