Letter from George Dewey to Paul Morton
Admiral Dewey writes to Secretary of the Navy Morton to respond to a proposition from Rear Admiral Melville. Dewey responds that “Almirante Bay and Chiriqui Lagoon on the Caribbean side and the Pearl Islands on the Pacific side are the appropriate and necessary bases for the defense of the Panama Canal.” He also notes that the Dutch Island of Curaco would not be of any value to the United States.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-09-29