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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00273.03 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1910s |
| Title | George Dewey to John Cullen Bryant regarding a photograph he had sent him |
| Date | 8 January 1901 |
| Author | Dewey, George (1837-1917) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Replying to a letter from Bryant, received the day before. Comments, "I have to say that I do not consider the picture you send a good one. What I regard as the best obtainable photograph of myself..shows me in white uniform, with cap." Typed on executive stationery. Header on the upper left side, "Office of the Admiral/ 1747 Rhode Island Avenue" in blue ink. Watermarked Crane & Co Dalton Mass. |
| Subjects | Navy Spanish American War Military History Photography |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | Foreign Affairs; Naval & Maritime |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Dewey was an admiral of the United States Navy, best known for his victory (without the loss of a single life of his own forces due to combat; one man died of heat exhaustion) at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War. He was also the only person in the history of the United States to have attained the rank of Admiral of the Navy, the most senior rank in the United States Navy. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
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