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1899/08/16
Smith, L. Lum, fl. 1899
To: General [Dan] Butterfield.
Re: plans for a Dewey Day Celebration and for the unveiling of the Dewey Arch.
GLC06343.259
1899/08/21
Butterfield, Julia L., fl. 1899
To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: expressing appreciation of Ward's sculpture on behalf of her husband, Gen. Butterfield.
GLC06343.260
1899/08/23
To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: expressing appreciation of Ward's "very kind and assuring letter" on behalf of her husband, Gen. Butterfield.
GLC06343.261
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
1899/09/21
Foster, Warren W., fl. 1899
To: John Q.A. Ward. Re: "Reception of Admiral Dewey, by the City of New York."
Designates Ward as a member of the "Special Committee" meeting Dewey and escorting him to City Hall.
GLC06343.267
1899/09/30
Nemetz, Charles, fl. 1899
To: John Q.A. Ward. Re: criticism of Ward for making a female and not a male angel on the Dewey Arch.
Purple stamp on p. 2: "J.C. DeHaven, Druggist and News Dealer, Council Bluffs, Iowa."
GLC06343.268
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