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Title: The hero of Manila; Dewey on the Mississippi and the Pacific
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Johnson, Rossiter, 1840-1931
Subjects: Dewey, George, 1837-1917 Manila Bay, Battle of, Philippines, 1898 United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Naval operations
Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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9th of May, in which ten thou-sand persons participated. The legislatures of several States passed compli-mentary resolutions, and in Pennsylvania and Cali-fornia May I St was made a legal holiday in commem-oration of the victory. Money was raised by private subscription for a 148 THE HERO OF MANILA. statue of Admiral Dewey, to be cut in Vermont marbleand placed beside that of Ethan Allen in the StateHouse at Montpelier. Many colleges conferred hon-orary degrees upon him, and learned societies andsocial organizations elected him to honorary member-ship. It is proposed to erect a beautiful memorial hall,as an addition to the buildings of Norwich Academy,and name it Dewey Hall. When, in the summer of 1899, he was relieved andordered home, he came slowly, stopping often for reston shore and being everywhere received with honor.A great reception, with an immense procession andother demonstrations, was prepared for him in the cityof New York, where he was to arrive on the 28thof September.
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CopjTight, 1!>9!I, by D. r, Fr.nch. Bronze tablet for forward turret of Admiral Deweysflagship, Olympia. Presented by citizens of Olympia, Wash. CHAPTER XV. LETTERS. When a man has become famous, there is at oncea desire on the part of the pubHc to know somethingof his character and habits of thought aside from thework that has brought him into notice, and these aregenerally shown best by his letters. We are permittedto make a few significant extracts from Admiral Deweyscorrespondence, with which we will close this volume. Several Confederate veterans at Clarksville, Tenn.,some of whom had belonged to the battery that de-stroyed the Mississippi when she was trying to passPort Hudson, sent him a letter of congratulation. Inhis reply, dated July 23, 1898, he said: I can assureyou that, although I have had letters, resolutions, tele-grams, etc., from all parts of the United States, nonehas given me more pleasure than the communicationfrom you. One fortunate result of this war with Spa

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