Box 4

English seaman’s unpublished notebook entitled “William Carter’s Navigation Book, Givet Prison, France, 1807,” including watercolor drawings of ships, nautical scenes, instruments and equipment; Navigation calculations; Notes on seamanship; Log entry of voyage in the ADVENTURE OF LONDON, Madeira, etc., April-May 1796 (prepared or transcribed in Givet Prison); Log entry; Journal of voyage in RICHARD LANCASTER from the Spurn to the Neye of Norway, April 1-2, 1805, kept by John David Banks of Pillan (prepared or transcribed in Givet Prison).

Envelope fragments, circa 1861-65, addressed to Mishipmen Francis D. Foote and J.H. Dayton, students at the U.S. Naval Academy, Newport, R.I.

Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to VADM Charles L. Melson, USN, President of U.S. Naval War College with comments on the high educational quality of the institution and the importance of the post of NWC President. Nimitz credits the NWC with whatever success he achieved in strategy and tactics.

Letter from Alfred T. Mahan, Newport, RI, July 27, 1892, to Lieutenant Washington I. Chambers, USN, regarding the concept of education at the Naval War College.

Cooy of a letter attributed to a Japanese Second Lieutenant regarding favorable impression of Americans and exceptional treatment as a prisoner of war on U.S. Navy vessel during WWII. Copies of the letter, actually devised by U.S. Intelligence, were dropped over Tokyo during U.S. bombardment in February 1945.

Letter from SecNav George M. Robeson, December 12, 1871, Washington, DC, commending Raymond Rodgers for his heroism in saving the life of a drowning crew member aboard the USS FRANKLIN in May 1871.

Letter to Mary Ingersoll-Curtis in Greely, Colo., 1 April 1992, regarding U.S. military capability to invade North Vietnam during the Vietnam War and the possible entrance of China into the conflict as a result. He disputes the latter and felt civilian management of the conflict led to more casualties than the Persian Gulf War where the military exerted control.

Copy of a letter from Alfred T. Mahan to R. Stein, November 10, 1906, Woodmere, NY, regarding a project or organization for the peaceful settlement of international disputes.

Letter to unknown addressee regarding identification of portrait.

Copy of a note on religious significance.