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A gleeful Uncle Sam sits with John Bull, who is a sailor representing England, and six figures representing "Spain," "Italy" (Umberto I), "Austria" (Franz Joseph I), "France," Germany (William II), and "Russia" (Nicholas II), watching a fireworks display that shows the outline of a huge American battleship that illuminates the ruins of the "Spanish Fleet." The clouds of smoke show portraits of "Schley, Sampson, Hobson, [and] Dewey."

Resource Type: Cartoon

Subject: Spanish-American War (1898); Uncle Sam (Symbolic character); John Bull (Symbolic character); Battleships; Fireworks; Kings and rulers; Fourth of July; Fourth of July celebrations; Schley, Winfield Scott, 1839-1911; Sampson, William Thomas, 1840-1902; Hobson, Richmond Pearson, 1870-1937; Dewey, George, 1837-1917; Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria, 1830-1916; Umberto I, King of Italy, 1844-1900; William II, German Emperor, 1859-1941; Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918

Date: 1898-07-06

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President McKinley rides an elephant driven by Marcus A. Hanna. The elephant is carrying Russell A. Alger, Nelson Dingley, William R. Day, and William T. Sampson. A second elephant follows, and a group of men that includes "Nelson A. Miles, Theodore Roosevelt, Joseph Wheeler, Fitzhugh Lee, Henry C. Lodge, William R. Shafter, Winfield S. Schley, John T. Morgan, Cushman K. Davis, George Dewey," and others, march alongside under the standard "Imperialism for Ever." A group of disgruntled men sit on the roadside, watching the procession.

Resource Type: Cartoon

Subject: Imperialism; Generals; Elephants; Standards, Military; Parades; McKinley, William, 1843-1901; Hanna, Marcus Alonzo, 1837-1904; Alger, R. A. (Russell Alexander), 1836-1907; Day, William R. (William Rufus), 1849-1923; Sampson, William Thomas, 1840-1902; Dewey, George, 1837-1917; Davis, Cushman Kellogg, 1838-1900; Morgan, J. T. (John Tyler), 1824-1907; Schley, Winfield Scott, 1839-1911; Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919; Lee, Fitzhugh, 1835-1905; Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924; Wheeler, Joseph, 1836-1906; Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925; Shafter, William Rufus, 1835-1906; Dingley, Nelson, 1832-1899

Date: 1899-01-18

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George F. Hoar is a modern-day Cassandra prophesying doom, which evokes the laughter of President William McKinley, William R. Day, William T. Sampson, and Wesley Merritt.

Resource Type: Cartoon

Subject: Prophecy; Warnings; Laughter; Imperialism; Hoar, George Frisbie, 1826-1904; McKinley, William, 1843-1901; Day, William R. (William Rufus), 1849-1923; Sampson, William Thomas, 1840-1902; Merritt, Wesley, 1834-1910

Date: 1899-02-08

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Admiral Dewey returns to New York City on September 27, 1899, following his victory at Manilla Bay in the Spanish-American War. He paces the deck of his flagship, the Olympia, anchored at Tompkinsville, Staten Island. Dewey and three of his officers await the arrival of visitors. A group of dignitaries, including several naval officers, board. The first person to step on deck may be Rear Admiral William Thomas Sampson, Commander of the North Atlantic Squadron. Dewey greets the visitors. These visitors may be members of the Washington or New York City reception committee. The film is out of sequence, and other individuals also appear on deck. The camera angle and distance make positive identification of visitors impossible.

Resource Type: Video

Subject: Spanish-American War (1898); Cruisers (Warships); Armed Forces--Officers; United States. Navy; Olympia (Cruiser); Dewey, George, 1837-1917; Sampson, William Thomas, 1840-1902

Date: 1899-09-27

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Admiral Dewey returns to New York City on September 27, 1899, following his victory at Manilla Bay in the Spanish-American War. He paces the deck of his flagship, the Olympia, anchored at Tompkinsville, Staten Island. Dewey and three of his officers await the arrival of visitors. A group of dignitaries, including several naval officers, board. The first person to step on deck may be Rear Admiral William Thomas Sampson, Commander of the North Atlantic Squadron. Dewey greets the visitors. These visitors may be members of the Washington or New York City reception committee.

Resource Type: Video

Subject: Spanish-American War (1898); Cruisers (Warships); Armed Forces--Officers; United States. Navy; Olympia (Cruiser); Dewey, George, 1837-1917; Sampson, William Thomas, 1840-1902

Date: 1899-09-27

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New York gives Admiral Dewey, hero of Manila Bay, a lavish welcome September 27-30, 1899, and one of the highlights of that welcome is the land parade of September 30. Cheering crowds waving flags line the street as a battalion of sailors from the cruiser Olympia, Dewey's flagship, march by. Included in battalion are a color guard carrying the American flag and what is probably the battalion flag, men pulling a piece of artillery, and medical personnel. After the marching sailors, a long line of carriages follow. In the first carriage, drawn by four horses, ride Admiral Dewey and Robert A. Van Wyck, Mayor of New York City (1898-1902). Additional carriages containing dignitaries and naval officers follow. At ca. 53 ft. a carriage appears in which a hatless naval officer, who is probably Rear Admiral William T. Sampson, Commander of the North Atlantic Squadron, rides; the man wearing a top hat on the far side of the carriage is probably Thomas F. Woods, President of the Board of Aldermen of New York City.

Resource Type: Video

Subject: Spanish-American War (1898); Armed Forces; Armed Forces--Officers; Carriages and carts; Mayors; Parades; United States. Navy; Dewey, George, 1837-1917; Sampson, William Thomas, 1840-1902; Van Wyck, Robert Anderson, 1849-1918

Date: 1899-09-30

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Sheet music for "King of the Sea," which celebrates the American military heroes of the Spanish-American War. The cover features an illustration of a triumphal arch with oval portraits of Admiral Dewey, General Shafter, Admiral Schley, Admiral Shafter, Richmond Pearson Hobson, Captain Evans, and Governor Roosevelt.

Resource Type: Music, Sheet

Subject: Spanish-American War (1898); Patriotic music; War songs; Warships; Philippines--Manila; Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919; Dewey, George, 1837-1917; Shafter, William Rufus, 1835-1906; Schley, Winfield Scott, 1839-1911; Shafter, William Rufus, 1835-1906; Hobson, Richmond Pearson, 1870-1937; Evans, Robley D. (Robley Dunglison), 1846-1912; Sampson, William Thomas, 1840-1902

Date: 1900

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An oversized Abraham Lincoln, holding an ax, addresses a diminutive Rear Admiral William T. Sampson regarding the case of Gunner Charles Morgan's efforts toward advancement in rank in the U.S. Navy. Caption: "Don't you think, Sonny, that your 'five o'clock tea' rule might shut out some good men?"

Resource Type: Cartoon

Subject: Admirals; United States. Navy; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Sampson, William Thomas, 1840-1902

Date: 1901-03-27

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Two women lean out windows. On the left is an Irish domestic representing the "Dem. Party" and on the right is a well-dressed matron representing the "Rep. Party." Between them hangs a balance scale labeled "Party Politics" with Rear Admiral Schley on the left, trying to upset the balance by pulling on the chains, causing the scale to swing wildly, and with Admiral Sampson on the right, struggling to hang on.

Resource Type: Cartoon

Subject: Santiago, Battle of (Santiago de Cuba, Cuba : 1898); Admirals; Scales (Weighing instruments); Political parties; Democratic Party (U.S.); Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ); Sampson, William Thomas, 1840-1902; Schley, Winfield Scott, 1839-1911

Date: 1901-08-21

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President Roosevelt will appoint Admiral Sampson's son, Ralph E. Sampson, and the alternate. He has the highest regard for S. Weir Mitchell, but Roosevelt doesn't think it fair that the sons of naval men should be passed over for Mitchell's grandnephew. He desires that one or two Southerners be appointed to the military academies, and, in these exceptional cases, they may have to be the sons of men not in the United States Army or Navy.

Resource Type: Letter

Subject: Military cadets; Military appointments; Southern States; United States Military Academy; United States Naval Academy; United States. Army; United States. Navy; Sampson, William Thomas, 1840-1902

Date: 1901-10-01