Luce, Stephen Bleecker, 1827-1917
Found in 209 Collections and/or Records:
Stephen B. Luce letter, 1879 Jan 9
Letter from Captain Stephen B. Luce to Nathaniel Banks, January 9, 1879, relating to a bill in Congress for increasing by 750 the Navy’s complement of seamen. New York, N.Y.
Stephen B. Luce letter, 1861 Oct 13
Letter to Samuel DuPont requesting assignment to his squadron.
Stephen B. Luce letter, 1878
Autographed letter signed from Luce in USS Minnesota, to John G. Walker, 1878, discussing indiscriminate restoration to the active list of naval officers. Each case should be referred by Congress to a board of naval officers for decision. States that Captain Law will be restored to his position as well as others.
Stephen B. Luce letter, 1906 Feb 14
Holograph letter signed to Thomas Gibbons, regarding Luce's account of Commodore Biddle's visit to Japan in 1846 and his desire to post a reward in Annapolis newspapers for the loss of Biddle's illustrations of the Columbus and Vincennes.
Stephen B. Luce letter, 1906 Feb 5
Autographed letter signed to Thomas Gibbons on USS Santee, with envelope, regarding his sending a photograph, finding the book Tales That Were Told, and the location of "The Cumberland's Crew" in his book of naval songs.
Stephen B. Luce letter, 1867 Dec 6
Letter on U.S. Naval Academy letterhead to Commodore Andrew A Harwood, USN, regarding the lack of parade or show exercises in the winter. He invites him to come when the weather improves and mentions his petition to reorganize the Navy.
Stephen B. Luce letter on finances and Fauvel
Stephen B. Luce letter on finances and Fauvel, 1863 Oct 16
Letter written by Stephen B. Luce to an unnamed commodore from the Naval Academy in Newport R.I., regarding personal and financial business, his orders to USS Nantucket. memories of Fauvel on the Macedonian, and the trials of moving.
Stephen B. Luce letter to George A. Converse regarding new lighthouse design
Stephen B. Luce letter to O.H. Peck, 1887 May 23
Letter to O. H. Peck, Esq. on origin of ADM Farragut's last name; An ancestor, Ferra Cute, a follower of Charlemagne, may be the origin of the family name.