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May 26, 1918
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Draft letter to King Albert of Belgium
Discusses American aid to Belgium during World War I and their common fight for freedom. Written on White House stationery. Date from GLC00971.02.
GLC00971.01
May 25, 1918
Albert I, King of the Belgians, 1875-1934
to Woodrow Wilson
Telegram is possibly the reply to, or reason for, Wilson's draft letter (GLC00971.01). Discusses the Belgians' gratitude for American aid during World War I and their common fight for freedom Transmitted on White House stationery.
GLC00971.02
26 March 1918
Stewart, Charles, 1890-1921
to Rebecca Pickering Walker
Written on stationery of the Office of the Naval Records and Library of the Navy Department. Signed by Stewart as Superintendent of the Naval Records and Library to Walker as the wife of the late Rear Admiral John G. Walker. Stewart reports that John...
GLC03804.44
3 April 1918
Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948
to Francis Pickering Walker Thomas
Written on stationery of the Navy Department. Signed by Daniels as the Secretary of the Navy to the daughter of the late Rear Admiral John G. Walker. Daniels says that he is acting on the suggestion of her mother by nominating her to act as a family...
GLC03804.45
10 April 1918
Wakeman, Samuel Wiley, fl. 1917-1929
Written on the stationery of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Ltd.'s Fore River Plant. Signed by Wakeman as the General Manager of the shipyard to the daughter of the late Rear Admiral John G. Walker. Says he has been informed that she will...
GLC03804.46
10 September 1918
Written on the stationery of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Ltd.'s Fore River Plant. Signed by Wakeman as the General Manager of the shipyard to the daughter of the late Rear Admiral John G. Walker. Tells Walker's daughter that the USS...
GLC03804.47
circa 1918
Walker
Document giving a description of the destroyer USS "Walker" -- named after the late Rear Admiral John G. Walker. It is noted that the ship was 314 feet long, was launched on 14 September 1918 at Fore River, Massachusetts, and that the family sponsor...
GLC03804.48
24 May 1918
Chester, Colby Mitchell, 1844-1932
to Whitelaw Launders
Written by Rear Admiral Chester as Commandant of the Navy ROTC program at Yale University. Replies to a request for a written story of the Civil War. Says he doe not have time "to write a story of the Civil war, during this war." Typed on letterhead...
GLC03479.71
1918
Gustrine, Charles, fl. 1918
True Sons of Freedom
True Sons of Freedom broadside by Charles Gustrine, Chicago, Illinois. Depicts a regiment of African American soldiers gallantly assaulting a line of Germans with the spirit of Abraham Lincoln looking on approvingly.
GLC09121
10 May 1918
Wilder, John, fl. 1918
To Henry Babcock Noyes
Letter to Henry Babcock Noyes from John Wilder about financial investments and securities.
GLC02150.42
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