Schley, Winfield Scott, 1839-1911

Correspondence, memoranda, lists, contracts, inventories, military and naval orders, and plans regarding the early administration and curriculum of the Naval War College, new building construction, and items relating to the establishment of a naval coaling station in Narraganset Bay. Also included are journals and letterpress copybooks kept by past NWC presidents Charles Stockton and French Chadwick.

Autographed letter signed to Dr. C. P. Franklin, Philadelphia, Pa., lauding both men and women of the USA who supported the military and to whom he felt indebted.

Autographed letter signed, Washington, D.C., 13 November 1898, to his cousin, Mrs. Chapman Johnson, Utica, N.Y., indicating that he remembered her as a little girl and her husband, who was in the State service. He hopes to get some rest and gain weight after the Spanish-American War and service in the tropics.

Letter to J. H. Montgomery regarding a prospective visit to the USS NEW YORK.

Letter to Charles Carter declining his invitation to attend the mid-winter expedition in Topeka, Kansas.

Card with his signature.