Bunce, Francis M. (Francis Marvin), 1836-1901

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1898-01-21

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Bunce, Francis M. (Francis Marvin), 1836-1901

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt asks Francis M. Bunce if French Ensor Chadwick has talked to him about having the editor of the Engineering News visit with Bunce.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-09-17

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt commends Francis M. Bunce for his work and that of the board.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-09-20

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt asks Admiral Francis M. Bunce, Commandant of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, to “take this into account.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-09-10

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt comments the request for information to the War Department from Commodore Bunce is too extensive, and some of what was requested is confidential. Roosevelt notes much of the War Department is currently on leave and asks Bunce if the request can be modified into more general terms.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-09-01

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt sent out the letter with changes as suggested by Francis M. Bunce, commandant of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. He encloses a letter from Admiral Edmund O. Matthews for Bunce’s board to consider.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-09-03

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs Admiral Bunce either French Ensor Chadwick or Richard Wainwright will be on the board. Roosevelt will involve the Bureau of Navigation as acting Secretary of the Navy, but would prefer to do so only if Secretary of the Navy Long would leave the decision overruled upon his return.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-08-23

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt asks Admiral Bunce to allow Rodney S. Dennis and his friends to visit the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-05-27

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt asks Francis M. Bunce, Commandant of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, about clerk John J. Daly. Daly’s associates hope he will not be disturbed, and Roosevelt assured them that he would not be as long as he did his duty.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-05-06