Papers, 1872-1928 (bulk 1896-1912).

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Papers, 1872-1928 (bulk 1896-1912).

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Official reports, correspondence, orders, and documents relating to Smith's service as colonel and brigader general with the U.S. Volunteers during the Spanish-American War and Philippine Insurrection; terms in various military government offices in the Philippines including associate justice of the Supreme Court, member of the Philippine Commission, and governor-general of the Philippines; and as associate judge of the U.S. Court of Customs Appeals. While some of the correspondence is of a confidential or secret nature, a number of the letters were from or to persons holding high goverment office including Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Gen. John J. Pershing, and William H. Taft. There is little personal or family correspondence in the collection. Includes a wealth of information on the Philippines and the Spanish-American War in Spanish diplomatic documents/correspondence and combat dispatches/reports of military engagements; through pamphlets, summaries, and correspondence the Aguinaldo-Otis peace negotations are represented; and the role of the Catholic Church in Philippine life is covered in reports of abuses, investigations and synopses of cases of religious controversies calling for action, and correspondence referring to the position of the church toward the insurrection and the establishment of an independent Filipino church.

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United States. Philippine Commission (1900-1916)

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Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York. He was the son of James (lawyer, financier) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt. He married Anna Eleanor Roosevelt on March 17, 1905, and had six children: Anna, James, Franklin, Elliott, Franklin Jr., John. He received his B.A. from Harvard in 1904 and later attended Columbia University Law School. Roosevelt was admitted to the Bar in 1907 and worked for the Carter, Ledyard, and Milburn firm in New York City from 1907 to 19...

United States. Court of Customs Appeals

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Taft, William Howard, 1857-1930

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Otis, Elwell Stephen, 1838-1909

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Army officer. From the description of Letter of Elwell Stephen Otis, 1888. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454807 ...

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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Smith, James Francis, 1859-1928

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Lawyer, judge, government official, and army officer. From the description of Papers, 1872-1928 (bulk 1896-1912). (Washington State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 70924913 ...

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Philippines. Supreme Court

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Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948

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Career Army officer who served in the Philippines as an adjutant general and engineer officer, collector of customs, and cavalry squadron commander, participating in actions against the Tausug (Moros), 1899-1903; later apppointed governor of Moro Province and commander, Department of Mindanao, 1909-1913. Well-known for his command of the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I, 1917-1919. From the description of General John J. Pershing photograph collection [pictu...

Catholic Church

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During much of Doctor JoseĢ Gaspar de Francia's dictatorship (1814-1840), Paraguay was without a bishop and the church was harrassed. From the description of Libro de providencias, ordenes, y autos : por Dn. Juan Antonio Riveras, cura rector de la parrequial de la Villeta : manuscript, 1804-1857. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612746619 An antiphonary is a book containing sacred vocal music, both the antiphons of the breviary, and the musical notes. An antiphon it...

United States. Army

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Aguinaldo, Emilio, 1869-1964

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Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy (1869-1964) was a Filipino who led the insurrection against Spain, and later the fight for independence against the United States, until his capture in 1901 and his consequent oath of allegiance to the United States. ...