G. Creighton Webb papers, 1829-1941 (bulk 1898-1941).

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G. Creighton Webb papers, 1829-1941 (bulk 1898-1941).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58781838

Correspondence and papers, mostly 1898-1941, but including some earlier material related to family history. The collection includes about 200 items related to Webb's service in the Cuba campaign during the Spanish-American War, and large quantities of mimeographed material relating to the war: copies of official letters and communications from H.Q., 5th Army Corps (Major General William R. Shafter), and communications from General Calixto Garcia, Major General José Toral, Major General Joseph Wheeler, Secretary of War Russell A. Alger, and correspondence relating to the U.S. Navy's part in the campaign against Santiago de Cuba. The collection also contains personal correspondence, 1935-1935, mostly drafts of Webb's own letters to friends, including some to Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain; they deal mainly with the domestic and foreign policies of the Roosevelt administration, and international affairs in general. There are also correspondence and papers relating to the genealogy of the Webb and related families, to Colonel Webb's biography, the Society of the Cincinnati, the Society of the Army of Santiago de Cuba, and other miscellaneous papers. The collection includes a school notebook for the year 1859, three early nineteenth-century autograph albums, one dated 1829, and a number of blank certificates of membership in the Yale Athletic Club.

2.0 linear feet (5 boxes, 2 oversize)

New-York Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7771373

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Society of the Cincinnati

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The Society of the Cincinnati was formed on 10-13 May 1783 by American Revolutionary Army officers who met at Mount Gulian, the American Army's cantonment on the east bank of the Hudson River. After resigning his post as General, George Washington (1732-1799) accepted an invitation to become the society's first president. Major General Henry Knox (1750-1806) was the secretary and for years the guiding spirit of the organization. Membership extended to those officers of the Continental Army and N...

Yale Athletic Club.

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Alger, R. A. (Russell Alexander), 1836-1907

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Alger (1836-1907) served as U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1902-1907. He was a Republican. (Information from Senators of the U.S.). Scripps served as Michigan Senator from the Third District, 1903-1904. He was born in England in 1835 and came to the U.S. in 1844. Scripps worked as a reporter for the Chicago Tribune in 1857. After settling in Detroit in 1859, he managed the Detroit Tribune until 1863 when he founded the Detroit Evening News. In 1862, Scripps married Harriet J. Messinger. He was acti...

Pétain, Philippe, 1856-1951

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Marshal and chief of state of France. From the description of Philippe Pétain papers, 1944-1945. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754866964 French General of the First World War. From the description of Letter, 1918. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 41418433 French minister of war, diplomat, and army officer. From the description of Address of Philippe Pétain, 1918. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450037 ...

Webb family.

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Society of the Army of Santiago de Cuba

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Shafter, William Rufus, 1835-1906

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Army officer. Born in 1835 in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. Served in the Michigan Infantry during the Civil War. Commissioned lieutenant colonel in the regular army 1866, brevetted brigadier general in 1897. Awarded medal of honor for gallantry at Fair Oaks. Received surrender of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish-American War. Served in Texas 1863-1897. Died in 1906. From the description of Papers, 1863-1897, 1876-1877. (Texas Tech University). WorldCat record id: 24097707 ...

Wheeler, Joseph, 1836-1906

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Confederate and U.S. Army general, and U.S. congressman from Ala. From the description of Letters, 1900-1905. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49377355 Confederate general. From the description of Joseph Wheeler photograph album, 1865-1866. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 241305535 Army officer. From the description of Joseph Wheeler correspondence, 1898-1901. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981347 ...

Webb, G. Creighton, 1853-1948,

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Army officer and New York City resident. From the description of G. Creighton Webb papers, 1829-1941 (bulk 1898-1941). (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58781838 ...

García, Calixto, 1839-1899.

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Toral, José

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