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Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer), 1840-1914

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 18400927 - 19141201

Found in 252 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to Helen E. Mahan, 1893 Sep 3-4

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: MSC-017
Scope and Contents

Letter written by Alfred T. Mahan to his daughter, Helen E. Mahan while he was away in Southhampton. In this letter, Mahan assured Helen that he does take notice of what she writes to him in her letters, even though she told her mother she felt that he does not. He recounts some of the family events he was apprised of to prove to her his attention.

Dates: 1893 Sep 3-4
Found in: Naval War College Archives / Alfred Thayer Mahan papers / Letters to Helen E. Mahan

Letter to Helen E. Mahan, 1893 Sep 28

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: MSC-017
Scope and Contents

Letter written by Alfred T. Mahan addressed to his daughter, Henny (Helen E. Mahan). Mahan wrote this letter while stationed in Lisbon and talks about Helen living in her grandmother's New York residence for awhile and his impressions of Lisbon.

Dates: 1893 Sep 28
Found in: Naval War College Archives / Alfred Thayer Mahan papers / Letters to Helen E. Mahan

Letter to Helen E. Mahan, 1893 Oct 28

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: MSC-017
Scope and Contents

Letter written by Alfred T. Mahan addressed to his daughter, Hennie (Helen E. Mahan) while stationed in Barcelona. In this letter, Mahan remarked that he hadn't received letters for two weeks at this time he had quite a few letters to get through. Also included is a newspaper clipping from the 1893 Sep 20 issue of the Guardian that reviews Mahan's Life of Admiral Farragut.

Dates: 1893 Oct 28
Found in: Naval War College Archives / Alfred Thayer Mahan papers / Letters to Helen E. Mahan

Letter to Helen E. Mahan, 1893 Nov 26

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: MSC-017
Scope and Contents

Letter written by Alfred T. Mahan addressed to his daughter, Hennie (Helen E. Mahan) while in Genoa. In this letter, Mahan remarked how much he enjoys the letters that Helen sends him and his ideas for the family's home in Quogue, New York.

Dates: 1893 Nov 26
Found in: Naval War College Archives / Alfred Thayer Mahan papers / Letters to Helen E. Mahan

Letter to Helen E. Mahan, 1893 Dec 25

 Fonds — Box 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: MSC-017
Scope and Contents

Letter written by Alfred T. Mahan addressed to his daughter, Helen E. Mahan wishing her a Merry Christmas from his station in Villefranche, France.

Dates: 1893 Dec 25
Found in: Naval War College Archives / Alfred Thayer Mahan papers / Letters to Helen E. Mahan

Letter to Helen E. Mahan, 1894 Jan 30

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: MSC-017
Scope and Contents

Letter written by Alfred T. Mahan addressed to his daughter, Helen E. Mahan while in Villefranche, France. In this letter, Mahan detailed where his ship will be traveling to next and writes about some of the acquaintances he met.

Dates: 1894 Jan 30
Found in: Naval War College Archives / Alfred Thayer Mahan papers / Letters to Helen E. Mahan

Letter to Helen E. Mahan, 1894 Feb 18

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: MSC-017
Scope and Contents

Letter written by Alfred T. Mahan addressed to his daughter, Helen E. Mahan while in Naples. In this letter, Mahan asks Helen to let her mother know that he is sending his manuscript on Nelson to New York.

Dates: 1894 Feb 18
Found in: Naval War College Archives / Alfred Thayer Mahan papers / Letters to Helen E. Mahan

Letter to Helen E. Mahan, 1894 Mar 16

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: MSC-017
Scope and Contents

Letter written by Alfred T. Mahan addressed to his daughter, Henny (Helen E. Mahan). Mahan wrote this letter while in Alexandretta, Syria and explains the ships travels to their current post and how a sailor woke him to view the morning star one day. Enclosed in this letter is a copy of a black and white ink drawing of "Tarsus, Asia Minor, (The Birthplace of St. Paul.).

Dates: 1894 Mar 16
Found in: Naval War College Archives / Alfred Thayer Mahan papers / Letters to Helen E. Mahan

Letter to Helen E. Mahan, 1894 Apr 19

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: MSC-017
Scope and Contents

Letter written by Alfred T. Mahan to his daughter, Helen E. Mahan in which he remarks upon the death of Helen's grannie.

Dates: 1894 Apr 19
Found in: Naval War College Archives / Alfred Thayer Mahan papers / Letters to Helen E. Mahan

Letter to Helen E. Mahan, 1894 May 11

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: MSC-017
Scope and Contents

Letter written by Alfred T. Mahan to his daughter, Helen E. Mahan in which he remarks upon his one year anniversary aboard the Chicago.

Dates: 1894 May 11
Found in: Naval War College Archives / Alfred Thayer Mahan papers / Letters to Helen E. Mahan
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