Dewey, George 1837-1917 creator mixed material monographic eng 25,000 86 6 42.8 Correspondence, letterbooks, diaries, journal, military papers, financial papers, scrapbooks, and other papers relating chiefly to Dewey's activities as commander of the U.S. Navy Asiatic Squadron East during the Spanish-American War, especially his command of the USS Olympia during the battle of Manila Bay. Documents his service as commander of the USS Pensacola, European Squadron (European Station), 1885-1888; president of the U.S. Navy General Board, 1899-1917; president of the court of inquiry (1901) concerning Winfield Scott Schley; and commander-in-chief of naval winter maneuvers while aboard the presidential yacht Mayflower, 1902-1903. Also includes correspondence, financial records, and other papers of Dewey's second wife, Mildred McLean Hazen Dewey, relating to family interests in the Rosiclare Lead and Fluorspar Mining Company, her estate, and other matters; letters (1874) from James A. Garfield and William T. Sherman to Mildred Dewey's first husband, William Babcock Hazen; and an account (1904) of Admiral Dewey and the Manila campaign written by Commander Nathan Sargent, U.S.N. Family correspondents include Dewey's parents, Julius Y. Dewey and Mary Perrin Dewey, and his son, George G. Dewey. Other correspondents include Charles J. Bonaparte, Frederick M. Bugher, William E. Chandler, George B. Cortelyou, George Creel, Josephus Daniels, John W. Davis, Grenville Mellen Dodge, John Hay, Robert Lansing, Henry Cabot Lodge, John Davis Long, A.T. Mahan, John R. McLean, William H. Moody, Paul Morton, Truman Handy Newberry, Elisabeth Ellicott Poe, Redfield Procter, Theodore Roosevelt, Elihu Root, Alvin Untermyer, and Oscar Fitzalan Williams. Open to research. Atlases and maps transferred to Library of Congress Geography and Map Division. Photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Naval officer. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010319 Bonaparte, Charles J. (Charles Joseph) 1851-1921 Correspondence Bugher, Frederick M. (Frederick McLean) Correspondence Chandler, William E. (William Eaton) 1835-1917 Correspondence Cortelyou, George B. (George Bruce) 1862-1940 Correspondence Creel, George 1876-1953 Correspondence Daniels, Josephus 1862-1948 Correspondence Dewey, George G. (George Goodwin) -1963 Correspondence Dewey, Julius Y. (Julius Yemans) Correspondence Dewey, Mary Perrin -1843? Correspondence Dodge, Grenville Mellen 1831-1916 Correspondence Garfield, James A. (James Abram) 1831-1881 Correspondence Hay, John 1838-1905 Correspondence Hazen, William Babcock 1830-1887 Correspondence Lansing, Robert 1864-1928 Correspondence Lodge, Henry Cabot 1850-1924 Correspondence Long, John Davis 1838-1915 Correspondence Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer) 1840-1914 Correspondence McLean, John R. (John Roll) 1848-1916 Correspondence Moody, William H. (William Henry) 1853-1917 Correspondence Morton, Paul 1857-1911 Correspondence Newberry, Truman Handy 1864-1945 Correspondence Poe, Elisabeth Ellicott 1886-1947 Correspondence Proctor, Redfield 1831-1908 Correspondence Roosevelt, Theodore 1858-1919 Correspondence Root, Elihu 1845-1937 Correspondence Sargent, Nathan 1849-1907 Schley, Winfield Scott 1839-1911 Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh) 1820-1891 Correspondence Untermyer, Alvin 1882-1963 Correspondence Williams, Oscar Fitzalan 1843-1909 Correspondence Dewey family Correspondence United States. Navy. Asiatic Squadron. United States. Navy. European Station. United States. Navy. General Board. United States. Navy History Spanish-American War, 1898 United States. Navy Maneuvers Mayflower (Yacht) Olympia (Cruiser) Pensacola (Screw steamer) Rosiclare Lead and Fluorspar Mining Company. Courts-martial and courts of inquiry United States Manila Bay, Battle of, Philippines, 1898 Spanish-American War, 1898 Campaigns Naval officers Dewey, Mildred McLean Hazen, 1850-1931 mm 78018366 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms010319 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms010319.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010319 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010319.3 Open to research. DLC 790410 20260227111623.0 mm 78018366