Commission for Emil H. Eycke
Officer commission for Emil H. Eycke making him a chief boatswain with the rank of ensign.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
Creation Date
1904-06-27
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Navies--Officers
Theodore Roosevelt reviews the fleet
President Roosevelt greets naval personnel while reviewing the fleet in 1907.
Collection
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
Creation Date
1907
Naval commission for Lieutenant Roscoe Spear
Officer’s commission appointing Roscoe Spear a Lieutenant in the United States Navy.
Collection
Creation Date
1902-05-08
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William S. Cowles
President Roosevelt has already made arrangements for Admiral Cowles to remain as Chief of the Bureau of Equipment until the end of Roosevelt’s presidential term. He has also spoken with Secretary of War Taft about Cowles’s career. Roosevelt is delighted with Mr. Winslow’s request to Cowles and he would like an admiral at the Quebec celebration.
Collection
Creation Date
1908-06-10
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt expresses his astonishment and happiness over the news his sister Anna Roosevelt is engaged to William Sheffield Cowles. He is especially happy that Cowles is a naval officer. It pains Roosevelt that he cannot leave his work at this time to celebrate with Anna in London.
Collection
Creation Date
1895-07-04
Letter from Elisabeth Susan Buring Sampson to George B. Cortelyou
Elisabeth Susan Buring Sampson, widow of Admiral William Thomas Sampson, encloses a formal application to the United States Naval Academy for her son, Ralph E. Sampson. When he was fifteen, Ralph performed poorly on sections of the examination but Mrs. Sampson cannot imagine Admiral Sampson’s son as anything other than a naval officer.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-02-09
Summary of letter from Elisabeth Susan Buring Sampson
Elisabeth Susan Buring Sampson, widow of Admiral William Thomas Sampson, requests that her son, Ralph E. Sampson, receive an appointment to the United States Naval Academy.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-02-09
Letter from John Davis Long to Theodore Roosevelt
As per President Roosevelt’s request, Secretary of the Navy Long will make arrangements for several naval officers to be questioned regarding having a fleet commander stationed on a fighting ship.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-02-24
Letter from Albert L. Key to Theodore Roosevelt
Albert L. Key presents his version of events regarding his request to be assigned to the ship Restless, a request that the Navy refused.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-01-30
Telegram from St. Clair McKelway to Theodore Roosevelt
St. Clair McKelway recommends Admiral Albert Smith Barker for command of the European squadron.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-01-15
Letter from John Davis Long to Theodore Roosevelt
Secretary of the Navy Long explains why Lieutenant Albert L. Key is being denied his request to be assigned to a ship surveying the coast of Cuba. Key will instead be assigned to a ship headed for the Philippines.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-01-20
Report from the committee on naval affairs of the House of Representatives
The Committee on Naval Affairs reports on the service of Lewis Randolph Hamersly in the volunteer Navy and in the Marine Corps. Hamersly is asking to be placed on the retired list of the Marine Corps, having resigned his commission many years earlier because of illness. The bill being considered by the House of Representatives would grant him that request. The report includes a letter from Secretary of the Navy Benjamin F. Tracy, testifying to Hamersly’s commendable conduct.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1892-05-10