Box 19

Signature reading "S.B. Luce, Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy, USS Richmond, 13 September 1887."

Autographed letter signed to Bessie, Boston, Mass. promising to visit her before he leaves. He indicates that most of his evenings were spent with Mrs. Saltonstall.

Holograph letter to Allen Evans, regarding his decision to enter the Episcopal ministry. Mahan gives him advice and counsel, speaks of works and inward spiritual grace and of noted London parish priest G. H. Wilkarson who exemplified both of these traits. Suggests that a consecrated purpose is the best preparation for the ministry and the habit of communion with God.

Holograph letter to Rowland Evans regarding the Christian use of force in the secular world. Mahan believes that this is not incompatible with the Christian life.

Signed first day cover, with "God Blessed America" and "A Two Ocean Navy to Protect it" in color bordering a navy ship. Signature reads "C. W. Nimitz, Admiral, USN."

Autographed letter signed to F.P.C. Winship, advising him that he had been relieved as superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy by David D. Porter. Information on admissions can be obtained from Annapolis.

Partly printed document signed by James Alden and J.G. Walker in which the Naval Signal Code No. 73 is remitted to Walker, CO, USS Sabine, berthed in New York.

Journal kept by Loomis, a steward on board USS Vixen during the War with Tripoli, 1804. Journal entries date from 1 November 1804-29 November 1805. Entries focus on the weather, provisioning of the ship, times of sail, ports of call, other U.S. ships, sightseeing, and list of ship's crew, 1803-1805. Edited by Louis F. Middlebrook. Published by the Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., 1928.

Doctoral dissertation prepared for the History Department, The Ohio State University, 1995, entitled "Big Stick and Short Sword: The American and Japanese Navies as Hypothetical Enemies."

Squadron Bulletin of USS New York (ACR-2) printed on 3 July 1898, with a report of the destruction of the Spanish fleet off Santiago, Cuba, giving detail of the battle, the capture of Admiral Pascual Cervera and his fellow officers and the text of the victory telegram sent to Washington, D.C.