Charles Herbert Pearson ALS: Havana, Cuba, 1898 Feb. 15.

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Charles Herbert Pearson ALS: Havana, Cuba, 1898 Feb. 15.

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Letter to his wife in Brooklyn, New York, in which he describes the explosion of the battleship Maine in the harbor and the aftermath of that occurrence.

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Maine (Battleship)

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USS Maine (BB/2C), an armored battle ship, was blown up in Havana Harbor on February 15, 1898. A court of inquiry was unable to obtain evidence regarding the cause of the ship's destruction. In August 1910, Congress authorized the raising of the ship. The hull was refloated and towed into the Gulf of Mexico where it was sunk with honors on March 16, 1912. From the description of Photographs and diary; 1910-1912. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 46425385 ...