Dispatch from Associated Press correspondent delivered to Captain Sigsbee
Subject(s): Brooklyn (Armored cruiser), Campaigns, Military, Coal, Cuba--Havana, Florida--Key West, Iowa (Battleship), Marblehead (Protected cruiser), Massachusetts (Battleship : BB-2), Military campaigns, Saint Paul (Cruiser), Santiago, Battle of (Cuba : 1898), Santiago, Battle of (Santiago de Cuba, Cuba : 1898), Schley, Winfield Scott, 1839-1911, Spanish-American War (1898), Temperature measurements, Texas (Second class battleship), United States. Navy, Warships
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The dispatch, which was printed in a variety of Associated Press newspapers on May 30 and May 31, 1898, reveals that American warships have located and trapped the Spanish fleet in the harbor of Santiago de Cuba. The Americans have also captured a coal ship meant for the Spanish fleet. The dispatch also reports that the temperature is 110 degrees in the shade, and that the American warships involved include the Brooklyn, Texas, Massachusetts, Iowa, Marblehead, and Vixen.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1898-05-29
Creator(s)
Recipient
Sigsbee, Charles D. (Charles Dwight), 1845-1923
Language
English
Period
Rough Rider (May 1898 to September 1898)
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page Count
2
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
Rights
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Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Dispatch from Associated Press correspondent delivered to Captain Sigsbee. [May 29, 1898]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o25846. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Associated Press. Dispatch from Associated Press correspondent delivered to Captain Sigsbee. [29 May. 1898]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 29, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o25846.
APA:
Associated Press., [1898, May 29]. Dispatch from Associated Press correspondent delivered to Captain Sigsbee.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o25846.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 29, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
APA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
