letters (correspondence)

This item contains comments by AT Mahan on a strategic plan drawn up at the Naval War College regarding the preparedness and abilities of Blue and Orange. Included are the War College's notes about his comments, and Mahan's reply. It also contains personal correspondence between ADM Raymond P. Rodgers and Mahan seeking consent to provide the General Board with his comments. A note on the cover confirms the information was shared with the General Board.

Photocopies of three letters written by Kichisaburō Nomura to Admiral Harold Stark in which he expressed his deep appreciation and respect for Admiral Stark and other Americans duing his time as the Japanese ambassador to the United States prior to World War I and later during the allied occupation of Japan. The first letter dated 1951 Jun 13 includes a typed transcription of the letter.

Typewritten transcription of part of the 1884 Dec 31 letter from Alfred T. Mahan to his daughter, Helen E. Mahan, on the importance of receiving the rite of Confirmation.

Letter from Cyrus Breed to his parents during his time as a student at the Naval Academy in Newport, RI. Breed addresses upcoming examinations, the weather, fencing lessons, and gratitude for money they sent. He closes by asking their opinion of a time he was "so nearly out" that he had "to engage the Master on my own responsibility."

Letter from Cyrus Breed to his parents while aboard the USS Swatara in Cadiz, Spain.

Letter from Breed to his parents aboar the USS Swatara in Southampton, England.

Letter from Breed to his parents writing while porting at Lisbon.

Letter to Officer, Commanding Base Section No. 5, Brest, France, on stationery of Supreme War Council, American Section, Versailles, requesting a courier to hand deliver his weekly report to the Secretary of War in Washington.

Letter from Alfred T. Mahan to his brother, Frederick A. Mahan in Montgomery, Alabama on 1895 Dec 15. In this letter, A. T. Mahan described his understanding of their brother, Dennis H. Mahan's personal and financial affairs.

Letter written by Alfred T. Mahan while at sea on the U.S.S. Wachusett to his daughter, Helen. In this letter Mahan includes books that he would wish her to read during the following winter.