Belknap, George E. (George Eugene), 1832-1903

Content Description Correspondence, boyhood and early family letters sent and received during his naval career, 1899–1937; Correspondence of his wife, Julia Averill Belknap, 1897–1907, and reminiscences of a year in China, Japan and the Philippines, 1900–1901; Bound volume of RADM Belknap’s published articles; Lecture on Blue Orange Situation, 1915; War Plans, Their Form and Substance, 1913; NWC Long Course papers, 1913–1914; Principle and Practice of Tactics…;, Strategy, Principles and Practice...; Logistics, its influence on strategy ... suggestions for improving the War College Course; German newspaper with WWI news, 1914–1915; Pamphlets on WWI and participants and causes, 1914–1915, in English, German and French. Miscellany, including photographs, programs and imprints; Correspondence, family letters sent and received, 1866–1903, of RADM George E. Belknap; Correspondence of his wife, Frances G. Prescott Belknap, 1864–1912; Miscellany, including photographs, glass slides and clippings; Correspondence, court and military papers, speeches, poems and essays of George Washington Prescott, 1775–1816; Correspondence of George Washington Prescott II, 1830–1882, father of Frances G. Belknap; Correspondence of Prescott Belknap to his mother, Frances G. Belknap, and his aunt, Frances Lear Prescott, 1868–1912; Miscellaneous correspondence of other family members. Scope and Contents The collection consists of thirteen boxes of personal papers of both...

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Classified and unclassified lectures delivered by visiting scholars, flag rank officers, and government officials.

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Holograph letter signed to John Roper, Esq. from Boston, MA, regarding the date of the next meeting of the Military Historical Society.

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Holograph letter to Admiral David D. Porter requesting housing assignment at the U.S. Naval Academy prior to his transfer.