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Spanish-American War: Archive of Six Documents and Letters Regarding the War and Philippine Insurrection.... (Total: 5 Items)
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Spanish-American War: Archive of Six Documents and Letters Regarding the War and Philippine Insurrection. Including: a typed letter signed by Admiral George C. Remey, one page, 8" x 7.5", April 30, 1902, [Aboard] U.S. Flagship Brooklyn, at sea Lat. 39o 20' N. Long. 68o 25' W; autograph letter signed by Henry T. Allen, two pages front and verso, 8" x 10.25", June 30, 1900, Catbalogan, Samar [Philippine Islands], with original transmittal envelope, to Herbert Pierce, secretary of the United States Embassy, St. Petersburg, Russia, in which Allen speaks of the logic used by President McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, and Henry Cabot Lodge regarding the retention of the Philippine Islands by the United States and details of losses in his command, shortly after this letter was written Allen organized the Philippine Constabulary; orders signed by Captain H. L. Harrison, USN, one page typed with several endorsements on the verso, 8" x 10.5", May 27, 1896, Navy Yard, Mare Island, California, regarding the reassignment of a paymaster from the U.S.S. Concord when the ship was placed out of commission for repairs; two typed dispatches from Lieutenant Henry M. Morrow, 32nd Inf. U.S.V., two pages affixed to each other making a single page, 8.5" x 10.75", dated May 29 and June 3, 1900, Balanga, P.I. [Philippine Islands], both dispatches regard military actions near the town of Abucay, reinforcement on the verso; a autograph letter signed by James O'Donnell Bennett, one page 8.75" x 8", n.d., n.p., the letter mentions a page from Bennett's Spanish American War journal; and, the page Bennett mentioned in the previous letter, two pages, front and verso, 2.75" x 6", dated July 4-5, 1898, in which he writes, "Returned from the firing line ...it is a very sad Fourth, wounded coming in by the wagon loads ... sickness increases and condition of wounded horrible ... feel like the devil, hint of Y[ellow] F[ever].", Bennett was a war correspondent during the Spanish American War for the Chicago Record-Herald. Most fine.Auction Info
2009 December Signature Arms & Militaria Including Civil War Auction #6021 (go to Auction Home page)
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