Box 9

Letter from Commodore George Smith Blake, Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy, May 12, 1863, ordering Mahan to duty in USS Macedonian. He was to report to Comm. J.P. Montgomery, CO of the Boston Navy Yard.

Notebook on naval warfare kept by Alfred T. Mahan.

Naval order transferring Alfred T. Mahan from the Naval Academy to USS Congress.

Autographed note signed by LCDR S. Maki, Japanese Imperial Navy to Mrs. Mahan, December 25, 1920 and a 144 page manuscript in Japanese of translation of Chapter 11 of Mahan's The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution, 1793-1812.

Copy of a letter to Richard containing his account of the Battle of the Nile, 1-2 August 1798. Notation in pencil by Alfred T. Mahan.

Japenanese translation of Chapter 11 of A.T. Mahan's book by S. Maki, Lt. Commander, Imperial Japanese Navy. The manuscript is 144 pages, handwritten on rice paper. It is sewn on the right margin.

On the right margin in English is written "Part of the MS" At the heading, in English is "MS. Chapter XI. The Atlantic, 1796-1801. - The Brest Blocade. The French Expedition against Ireland." The rest of the volume is written in Japanese.

The manuscript is fragile, and has expereince severe creasing on the first few pages.

Naval War College diploma signed by Admiral William S. Sims.

Lecture on explosives including such topics as gunpowder, gun cotton, nitro-glycerin, given by Hill at the Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, RI.

Postcard from LCDR S. Maki, Japanese Imperial Navy, to Mrs. Mahan wishing her a happy Christmas. He updates her of his progress on the Japanese translation of Chapter 11 of Mahan's "The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution, 1793-1812."

U.S. Naval Commission to Acting Midshipman signed by Acting Secretary of the Navy Charles Welsh.