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The USS Macedonian was a United States Navy frigate that later served as a practice ship for the United States Naval Academy. This logbook spans from 1865 Jun 13-Sep 13 and was maintained while the Macedonian was atttached to the Naval Academy while it was located in Newport, RI during the U.S. Civil War.

This collection includes five letters from Stephen B. Luce, founder of the U.S. Naval War College, and one letter from Alfred T. Mahan, esteemed naval officer and historian.

This collections consists of one letter written from Alfred T. Mahan, esteemed naval officer and historian, to Professor William W. Bailey of Brown University.

This collection is comprised of 5 letters from Stephen B. Luce. These letters were written while Luce was a Lieutenant assigned as an instructor to the Naval Academy during the Civil War, then located in Newport. In the letters, Luce writes to then Captain A.A. Harwood addressing the training of Midshipmen, the need for training ships, as well as Civil War engagements.

The collection also includes a letter from Alfred T. Mahan, 1894, while he was located in Southampton, England aboard the USS Chicago, Mahan’s last sea-going command. In the letter, he sends his regrets that he is unable to attend the opening of a new post-graduate school of political science.

This collection is comprised of 5 letters from Stephen B. Luce. These letters were written while Luce was a Lieutenant assigned as an instructor to the Naval Academy during the Civil War, then located in Newport. In the letters, Luce writes to then Captain A.A. Harwood addressing the training of Midshipmen, the need for training ships, as well as Civil War engagements.

The collection also includes a letter from Alfred T. Mahan, 1894, while he was located in Southampton, England aboard the USS Chicago, Mahan’s last sea-going command. In the letter, he sends his regrets that he is unable to attend the opening of a new post-graduate school of political science.

This collection is comprised of 5 letters from Stephen B. Luce. These letters were written while Luce was a Lieutenant assigned as an instructor to the Naval Academy during the Civil War, then located in Newport. In the letters, Luce writes to then Captain A.A. Harwood addressing the training of Midshipmen, the need for training ships, as well as Civil War engagements.

The collection also includes a letter from Alfred T. Mahan, 1894, while he was located in Southampton, England aboard the USS Chicago, Mahan’s last sea-going command. In the letter, he sends his regrets that he is unable to attend the opening of a new post-graduate school of political science.

This collection is comprised of 5 letters from Stephen B. Luce. These letters were written while Luce was a Lieutenant assigned as an instructor to the Naval Academy during the Civil War, then located in Newport. In the letters, Luce writes to then Captain A.A. Harwood addressing the training of Midshipmen, the need for training ships, as well as Civil War engagements.

The collection also includes a letter from Alfred T. Mahan, 1894, while he was located in Southampton, England aboard the USS Chicago, Mahan’s last sea-going command. In the letter, he sends his regrets that he is unable to attend the opening of a new post-graduate school of political science.

This collection is comprised of 5 letters from Stephen B. Luce. These letters were written while Luce was a Lieutenant assigned as an instructor to the Naval Academy during the Civil War, then located in Newport. In the letters, Luce writes to then Captain A.A. Harwood addressing the training of Midshipmen, the need for training ships, as well as Civil War engagements.

The collection also includes a letter from Alfred T. Mahan, 1894, while he was located in Southampton, England aboard the USS Chicago, Mahan’s last sea-going command. In the letter, he sends his regrets that he is unable to attend the opening of a new post-graduate school of political science.

This collection is comprised of 5 letters from Stephen B. Luce. These letters were written while Luce was a Lieutenant assigned as an instructor to the Naval Academy during the Civil War, then located in Newport. In the letters, Luce writes to then Captain A.A. Harwood addressing the training of Midshipmen, the need for training ships, as well as Civil War engagements.

The collection also includes a letter from Alfred T. Mahan, 1894, while he was located in Southampton, England aboard the USS Chicago, Mahan’s last sea-going command. In the letter, he sends his regrets that he is unable to attend the opening of a new post-graduate school of political science.

This collection consists of one logbook from the USS Macedonian during its service as a practice ship for the United States Naval Academy at Newport, RI and later in Annapolis. The log records the weather, communications with other vessels, and midshipmen activities.

Also found within this volume are accounts and notes from Robert M. Marks from Northumberland, Pennsylvania documenting his automobile business, circa 1940-1941. It is unclear as to how this volume came in his possession but appears he was simply using extra blank pages of this volume for his business accounts.