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15 April 1901
Gordon, John Brown, 1832-1904
to John William Flinn
Informs Professor Flinn that he is unable to attend the reunion of the South Carolina Veterans in May.
GLC04573.09
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
1 May 1908
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
[Presidential pardon and U.S. Army discharge pouch of George W. Peters [Decimalized]
GLC05653
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
1908
Discharge pouch
Discharge pouch of George W. Peters. See GLC05653.01 for presidential pardon.
GLC05653.02
9 February 1917
Fernandes, M. M., fl. 1917
to Mr. Aruestroug and Mr. Parker
Discusses a sale of Madeira embroidery and some other related business. Written on letterhead of "M.M. Fernandes, Ship-Chandler, steam ship agent and wine merchant, and manufacturer of wicker work, Madeira embroideries, and a dealer in fancy goods."...
GLC03545.24.12
1905
Photograph of Peace Commissioners who met to negotiate the Treaty of Portsmouth and a letter dicussing the signatures of said Commissioners [Decimalized .01-.02]
Dated August-September 1905.
GLC00861
1900-1930
Guthrie, Bayard, fl. 1871
Record of John B. Guthrie, U.S.A.
Guthrie's son recounts his father's service record in the United States Army from 1868 to 1900, including being stationed on the "Indian frontier 1881-1884." During that time, he kept the field notes for an expedition against the Apache in New...
GLC04589.02
to Sirs
John B. Guthrie's son indicates that he is sending his father's original field notes from an expedition against the Apache in New Mexico in 1882 (see GLC04589.01). Also indicates that at that time his father was a 1st Lieutenant in the 13th U.S...
GLC04589.03
23 January 1904
to John G. Walker
Letter written in a clerical hand with an illegible signature. Sent to retired Rear Admiral Walker as President of the Isthmian Canal Commission. References Walker's letter of 11 January. Has read his remarks on the canal treaty and says his report...
GLC03804.37
29 March 1905
Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930
Written by Taft as Secretary of War but not signed, to retired Rear Admiral Walker as President of the Isthmian Canal Commission. Typed copy of Taft's letter to Walker. By direction of President Roosevelt, Taft is asking for the resignation of each...
GLC03804.38
Burr, William Hubert, 1851-1934
Not signed. Written by Burr as a member of the Isthmian Canal Commission to retired Rear Admiral Walker as President of the canal commission. Typed copy of Burr's letter to Walker; written on the letterhead of the Isthmian Canal Commission. Burr is...
GLC03804.39
Parsons, William Barclay, 1859-1932
Not signed. Written by Parsons as a member of the Isthmian Canal Commission to Walker as President of the canal commission. Typed copy of letter sent to Walker; written on Isthmian Canal Commission letterhead. Says that he is resigning to give the...
GLC03804.40
1 April 1905
Oliver, Robert Shaw, 1847-1935
Typed letter on the letterhead of the War Department. Written by Acting Secretary of War Oliver to retired Rear Admiral Walker as President of the Isthmian Canal Commission. Says he has received Walker's letter of 29 March 1905, offering his...
GLC03804.41
3 April 1905
Armstrong, W.P., fl. 1905
Typed letter written on letterhead of the Isthmian Canal Commission. Written by Armstrong as the auditor of the commission to retired Rear Admiral Walker. Tells Walker that enclosed with this letter is a message from the Acting Secretary of War...
GLC03804.42
21 September 1907
Army and Navy Register Publishing Company, 1879-1948
Army and Navy Register [Vol. 42, no. 1449 (September 21, 1907)]
Most of this issue it taken up with an obituary of Rear Admiral John G. Walker titled "Death of Rear Admiral Walker." It includes a large photograph of Walker in his dress uniform with a very large mustache. Obit says his ashes will be buried in...
GLC03804.43
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 May 1920
Staunton, Sidney A., fl. 1867-1920
1 page cover letter written and signed by Rear Admiral Staunton, a former colleague and friend of the late Rear Admiral John G. Walker, to Walker's widow Rebecca. Followed by 3 pages of typed reminiscences by Staunton. Cover letter says that he is...
GLC03804.49
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
circa post 1907
Westcott, Allen, fl. 1907
[Biography of John Grimes Walker]
Typed biography of Rear Admiral John G. Walker by Westcott (whose relation to the Walker family is unknown). Commences from his birth in New Hampshire in 1835 and goes to his death 1907. Provides a quick summary of his Civil War service, work in the...
GLC03804.50
1900-1929
Walker, J.E., ?
to Miss Auerbach
Walker thanks Miss Auerbach for photographs that were left for him at the club. Hopes to thank her in person for the pleasant reminder of Childwold. Dated 21 September without a year. Written on stationery of the Metropolitan Club.
GLC03479.73
14 May 1900
to Mr. Lockwood
Written by an unknown U.S. Navy officer (signature illegible) to a Mr. Lockwood. Thanks him for the kind note that he read on his return from Massachusetts. Says he appreciates his feelings about the USS "Oregon." Written on League Island
GLC03479.66
6 November 1900
Luce, Stephen Bleeker, 1827-1917
to Stevenson Taylor
Luce says he heard from Frederick P. Vinton that Taylor was the President of the Webb Institute. Is writing for a copy of the Prospectus of the Institute. Is particularly interested in knowing about a course on naval architecture and ship building...
GLC03479.67
25 June 1908
Woodward, E.F., fl. 1908
to unknown
Written by Commander Woodward to an unknown general. Says he has been away and just received his invite. Says he tried to get quarters at the hotel but failed. Says he has "made up my mind that as Gettysburgh was about the only battle that the Army...
GLC03479.68
5 October 1910
Schroeder, Seaton, 1849-1922
Written by Rear Admiral Schroeder to an unknown recipient. Replying to his note of the same day, Schroeder says he was appointed Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Fleet in March 1909 and has been in command since that time. Thanks him for inquiring...
GLC03479.69
9 December 1910
Schouler, John, fl. 1861-1910
to the United Cigar Co.
Retired Rear Admiral Schouler asks that the United Cigar Co. send him two half-pound boxes of fresh John Cotton's Smoking Tobacco, No. 1, mild quality, by registered mail. Sends a $3.30 check to cover the costs (not included).
GLC03479.70
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
1877-1900
Sartorius, George Rose, fl. 1865
Letter has signature, but it is illegible. It appears to be a person with the last name Sartoruis and a note in pencil at the top of the document indicates the person was an admiral, although this could not be proven. Writes to offer melons from his...
GLC03479.72
Paulding, Hiram, 1797-1878
[Clipped signature of Hiram Paulding]
Clipped signature of Rear Admiral Paulding. The clipping is pasted to another sheet of paper. No date, but pencil note estimates the date as "1840s-1850s."
GLC03479.74
Morgan, C.W., fl. 1861-1865
to Mr. Niles
Morgan asks Niles to dine with him on Sunday if he has no previous engagements.
GLC03479.75
22 September 1915
Smith, Francis Marion, 1842-1917
to John E. Boos
States he has not replied until now because of a serious illness. Has attached his signature to a statement for the National Tribune giving his impressions of April 2, 1865, a day Abraham Lincoln came to visit City Point hospital and so impressed a...
GLC05603.01.17
2 August 1910
Patterson, J.H., fl. 1910
Drop Order and Report
Form from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions order the Bureau to drop William Wallace Noyes frin their registry, because he is deceased. The top is crossed out with an X, and the word "Accrued" is scribbled above it.
GLC02150.41.09
23 March 1901
Noyes, Laverne, 1849-1919
To F. B. Noyes
Letter from Laverne W. Noyes thanking Frank Noyes for his assistance in tracing Laverne's ancestry. He mentions including a recently-published book on the topic, but the book seems to have gotten separated from the letter.
GLC02150.27
1904
Root, Mary Philotheta, fl. 1904
Patriots' Daughters
Chapter from a book regarding daughters of the American Revolution. This chapter names Martha Babcock Noyes as having had ancestors who contributed to the cause of patriotism. Family members dating from Reverend William Noyes, who was born in the...
GLC02150.31
1 July 1910
Lindsay, William, fl. 1910
Certificate of Death
Copy of the death certificate of William Wallace Noyes. He was 64 years old at the time of his death, which resulted from an accidental head injury. His wife Addie filled out part of the forms, and the health officer and undertaker filled out the...
GLC02150.41.07
11 July 1910
Noyes, Addie E., fl. 1860-1910
Declaration of a widow for accrued pension
Form filled out by Addie E. Noyes regarding her husband's pension; she is petitioning the Bureau of Pensions for the pension funds that had accrued under her late husband's name prior to his death.
GLC02150.41.08
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
1922/10/21
List of stocks on deposit
List of shares in capital stock, including the company, the number of shares, their financial worth, and the dates in which they were held. This information appears to pertain to Henry B. Noyes.
GLC02150.55
1918
The H.C. Miner Litho. Co
The Navy needs you! Don't read American history - Make it!
Poster by Flagg, James Montgomery (1870-1960) showing a sailor taking a man in a suit by the shoulder, and gesturing toward battleships at sea and a figure of Liberty waving the American flag.
GLC09523
26 January 1902
Sherzer, Edwin B., fl. 1900-1902
to Clara M. Miller
Getting news of the Boer War; Dreamed he had married her.
GLC05755.074
1929
Webster, J. Clarence, 1863-1950
Samuel Vetch
An address by Dr. J. Clarence Webster of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada on the occasion of the dedication of a monument to Samuel Vetch first British Governor of Nova Scotia. Printed in 1929.
GLC03107.05333
1901/07/25
Mosby, John S., 1833-1916
to: Sam Chapman
Mosby's lack of political influence; perhaps Senator John Daniel can assist Chapman in obtaining an appointment in the Philippines or as Supervisor of Forests.
GLC03921.05
May 16, 1905
to William Taft
enclosing a letter from Col. Petit, with whom Chapman served in the Spanish American War.
GLC03921.11
1906/06/07
to Sam Chapman
issue of The Old Dominion Sun; letter from Willie from the "late city of San Francisco;" impending death of Col. Smith and his obituary.
GLC03921.17
1906/06/23
requesting news of San Francisco from Willie's friend; impending death of Col. Smith and his obituary.
GLC03921.18
1906/12/07
Cousin Alice's visit to Covington, Va.; speculation about the Robertson family (from San Francisco); work on his book Stuart's Calvary in the Gettysburg Campaign.
GLC03921.20
1907/10/09
to: Messrs. Moffat Yard & Co.
Defense of his book Stuart's Cavalry in the Gettysburg Campaign, with enclosed copy of a reader's opinion of the book.
GLC03921.22
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