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Reception to the new prelate

Report on the cordial reception of Bishop Hendrick at Cebu City, Philippines.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-18

Record of Service of Rear-Admiral Francis M. Ramsay, U.S.N. (Retired)

Service record for Admiral Francis Munroe Ramsay.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-01-09

D. M. Carman was arrested for engaging in an illicit trade with Filipino insurgents. He was released on bail and has not faced trial. Carman has declared his innocence of the charges and appealed to President Roosevelt for assistance in clearing his name.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-01-02

Brief summary of Lieut. Sims’ criticisms contained in his reports from the Asiatic station

Summary of reports from Lieutenant William Sowden Sims regarding the defects of the USS Kentucky when compared to the designs and target practice results of Royal Navy vessels.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-12-17

“Ye Mountaineer” acknowledged

Ye Mountaineer by Bingham Thoburn Wilson has been acknowledged but no letter accompanied the book.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-12-26

By long-distance telephone from Mayor-Elect Low

Mayor-Elect Low requests information on Edward F. McSweeney of the Immigration Bureau. Low has a position in mind for McSweeney but wants to make sure that he is “honest, clean, and altogether reliable.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-12-19

Would regulate trusts

Text of a proposed amendment to the Constitution presented by Representative John James Jenkins to give Congress the power to regulate commerce, with a supporting speech by Jenkins.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-12-19

Torpedo flotilla organization

W. W. Kimball reviews the history and theory behind torpedo-boats. He compares past and present scenarios using statistics and a review of fleet freeing methods of organization. Kimball concludes by submitting his own memorandum on torpedo-boat organization and service.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-14

Exhibit no. 21

Series of letters documenting the response to a complaint from Imus, Cavite, Philippines, that a Mr. McGregor was conducting some sort of survey while accompanied by two armed American soldiers. Government and military records dispute this claim and the complaint was deemed groundless.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11

Exhibit no. 27

Governor Agudo Agbayani reports that the municipal council of Laoag, Ilocos Norte, Philippines, has attempted to cede the town’s cemetery to the local church. Agbayani believes that this action violates the municipal code. Governor William H. Taft confirms that the municipality must retain its property until judicial proceedings determine if the church is the proper owner.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10

Exhibit no. 43

Lorenzo Fernandez complains that two foreigners, at the direction of the Belgian consul, have taken over a convent in Jalajala, Rizal, Philippines. If there is truth to the report of occupation then it is against the law and Governor Taft has referred the matter to the governor of Rizal for investigation.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-02

Report on the present conditions at La Granja

J. W. Gilmore submits a report on the conditions of the La Granja Experimental Station in Occidental Negros, Philippines, and the station’s agricultural prospects. The area around La Granja is dangerous and it is required to be armed when traveling. Much of the estate’s land is idle and the equipment has been stolen or destroyed. Improved machinery and a new variety of cane is required. The system of agriculture should also be diversified. Gilmore believes the station has potential.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-09-17

Report from Arthur MacArthur Jr. to Henry C. Corbin

General MacArthur sends Adjutant General Corbin a list of soldiers killed and wounded on April 28 and April 29 during the Philippine-American War.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1900-06-02

Dispatch from Associated Press correspondent delivered to Captain Sigsbee

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

Vote of Mississippi Valley House Republicans on ocean mail bill

This report documents the voting record of house republicans from sixteen midwestern and western states in the March 1, 1907, vote on the Ocean Mail bill, also known as the Littauer Mail Subsidy bill.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-01

Currency plan

John L. Hamilton recommends President Grover Cleveland appoints a nine-person commission on currency to cooperate with the banks on monetary practices for the United States. Hamilton outlines the powers the commission would have and what the banks could do with the money allotted to them.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1895

Ratio of white adults of self-supporting age to white children and to native white children

Tables of statistics citing the ratio of white adults of self-supporting age to white children and native white children. Includes statistics from Germany.