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U.S. Navy slush fund petition

 Collection — manuscript box: 8 - folder 1
Identifier: 11-3-m.58

Scope and content

Letter, dated November 26, 1873, circulated by Commodore William B. Whiting proposing "scholastic instruction in the Navy," and the disposal of the "Slush Fund" of the Navy for educational purposes; petition to Congress calling for the same and signed by Charles Babcock, George Chapman Caldwell, Charles Frederick Hartt, Waterman Thomas Hewett, William Channing Russel, Andrew Dickson White, and others.

Dates

  • 1873.

Creator

Language of Material

In English.

Extent

1 folders. (1 folders.)

Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

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