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1899/08/25
Carroll, Howard, fl. 1899
To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: plans for the display on Dewey Day [presumably the day of Dewey's reception]. [Carbon Copy]
GLC06343.262
1899/08/28
Corrigan, Archbishop M.A., fl. 1899
To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: The Archbishop of New York writes with suggestions for the Dewey Memorial Arch.
GLC06343.263
August 29, 1899
Philip, J.N., fl. 1899
To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: Suggestion to Ward to included Commodore John Barry in his [Dewey] Arch.
Marked as "Personal," Philip goes on to site Barry's merits and service to the United States and mentions that if John Paul Jones has a place on the Arch [someone who was not actually American] than at the least a statue of Barry should be alongside...
GLC06343.264
1899/09/09
Sanford, J.E.M., fl. 1899
To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: Suggestion to Ward to included Admiral John A. Winslow in Dewey Arch.
Sanford justifies his suggestion by providing evidence of Winslow's valour and deeds, and quotes Admiral Farragut as being inf avor of the suggestion.
GLC06343.265
1899/09/11
Piatty, John J., fl. 1899
To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: figures mounted on top of Dewey Arch and the construction of the Dewey Arch.
Photograph of the Dewey Arch.
GLC06343.266
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