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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03804.28 |
| From Archive Folder | John Grimes Walker's naval correspondence |
| Title | Charles Herbert Allen to John G. Walker regarding his duties as a "Senior Member of a Board for the location of a bridge across the Niagara River" |
| Date | 19 August 1898 |
| Author | Allen, Charles Herbert (1848-1934) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Typed letter on office letterhead of the Secretary of the Navy John D. Long. Written by Allen as Assistant Secretary of the Navy (on the letter his title is noted as "Acting Secretary") to Walker as a retired Rear Admiral. Asks him to go to Washington D.C. for further instructions in connection with his duties as a "Senior Member of a Board for the location of a bridge across the Niagara River." Docket signed by Walker saying he completed the journey from Wilton, New Hampshire to Washington. Stamp on verso from the U.S. Navy Pay Office says Walker received a mileage payment of $38.64 on 10 September 1864. |
| Subjects | Mississippi Union General Navy Government and Civics Infrastructure Travel Soldier's Pay Finance |
| People | Walker, John Grimes (1835-1907) Herbert Allen, Charles (1848-1934) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | Naval & Maritime; Science, Technology, Invention |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | In 1898 President William McKinley named Allen Assistant Secretary of the Navy when Theodore Roosevelt resigned the post to enter the Spanish-American War. He held this position from 1898 to 1900. At the end of the war President McKinley appointed Allen as the first civil governor of Puerto Rico. Allen retired from this post in 1901 with the island government out of debt and with over one million dollars in its treasury. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |