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Letter from Truman Handy Newberry to Theodore Roosevelt

Acting Secretary of the Navy Newberry informs President Roosevelt that he forwarded the papers to the Navy General Board. He details a list of the available battleships and cruisers and their stations. Newberry also includes a list of ships under construction. In all, sixteen battleships of the Atlantic Fleet, the USS Indiana, and possibly the USS Iowa can be sent to the Pacific.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-08

Creator(s)

Newberry, Truman Handy, 1864-1945

Letter from John P. Merrell to Victor Howard Metcalf

Admiral Merrell informs Secretary of the Navy Metcalf that President Roosevelt has misunderstood several points recently made by the General Board, and attempts to clarify its statements.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-15

Creator(s)

Merrell, John P. (John Porter), 1846-1916

Report on naval vessels in commission and under construction and repair

The Department of the Navy provides a list of commissioned vessels and their current stations. An additional section details ships under construction and projected completion dates.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-08

Creator(s)

United States. Department of the Navy

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Woodward Philip

Governor Roosevelt remains interested in the captain of the USS Texas, the ship Commodore Philip commanded during the Battle of Santiago de Cuba, and will attend the sword presentation ceremony.

Collection

Newberry Library

Creation Date

1899-01-23

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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

Creator(s)

Associated Press