Box 8

Letter to George W. Rodgers regarding his transfer to USS Decatur.

Ledger of wages paid aboard the frigate, Providence, RI, May 5-July 7, Oct. 26, Nov. 4, 1783, by Paymaster George Olney.

Certificate of continuous naval service, 1911-1937.Certificate encased in a leather folder contains service record with dates, ships, rate, place and professional qualifications.

Typescript journal with illustrations of transpacific voyage from Sasebo, Japan, to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, of His Imperial Majesty's Submarine I-400.

Captain’s Night Order Book from the Arizona when it was in the Pacific Fleet. Navigational entries and orders date from June 16, 1926 through June 22, 1928, during cruises and fleet exercises in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans and the Caribbean Sea. Some entries are from Newport, RI.

Letter to Sir John W. Fortescue regarding his book publications including his multi-volume edition of A History of the British Army and soliciting his commentary on General George Washington's military strategy during the American Revolution.

Letter to Captain William D. Puleston in answer to his letter of February 28th, regarding Washington's military strategy and British and French naval actions in the American Revolution and the War of 1812.

Letter received from Major General Sir J.F. Maurice, Warwick, England, July 18, 1897, concerning the forwarding of a copy of his book National Defenses and his scholarly indebtedness to Mahan.

Unpublished Masters Thesis entitled "An Admiral for All Seasons: Life and Career of William Veazie Pratt," Syracuse University, by Jesse T. D. Boehret.

Typescript account of reminiscences as a naval officer on the Asiatic Station, in the Spanish-American War, the Caribbean, the Far East and Mediterranean entitled "Sons of Gunboats and Other Tales." 1898-1908.