TY  - GEN
AU  - Dewey,George
AU  - Dewey,Mildred McLean Hazen
TI  - George Dewey papers,
KW  - Bonaparte, Charles J.
KW  - Bugher, Frederick M.
KW  - Chandler, William E.
KW  - Cortelyou, George B.
KW  - Creel, George,
KW  - Daniels, Josephus,
KW  - Dewey, George G.
KW  - Dewey, Julius Y.
KW  - Dewey, Mary Perrin,
KW  - Dodge, Grenville Mellen,
KW  - Garfield, James A.
KW  - Hay, John,
KW  - Hazen, William Babcock,
KW  - Lansing, Robert,
KW  - Lodge, Henry Cabot,
KW  - Long, John Davis,
KW  - Mahan, A. T.
KW  - McLean, John R.
KW  - Moody, William H.
KW  - Morton, Paul,
KW  - Newberry, Truman Handy,
KW  - Poe, Elisabeth Ellicott,
KW  - Proctor, Redfield,
KW  - Roosevelt, Theodore,
KW  - Root, Elihu,
KW  - Sargent, Nathan,
KW  - Schley, Winfield Scott,
KW  - Sherman, William T.
KW  - Untermyer, Alvin,
KW  - Williams, Oscar Fitzalan,
KW  - Dewey family
KW  - United States
KW  - Navy
KW  - Asiatic Squadron
KW  - European Station
KW  - General Board
KW  - History
KW  - Spanish-American War, 1898
KW  - Maneuvers
KW  - Mayflower (Yacht)
KW  - Olympia (Cruiser)
KW  - Pensacola (Screw steamer)
KW  - Rosiclare Lead and Fluorspar Mining Company
KW  - Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
KW  - Manila Bay, Battle of, Philippines, 1898
KW  - Campaigns
KW  - Naval officers
KW  - itoamc
N1  - Open to research
N2  - 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
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010319
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010319.3
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