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Kenneth W. Bennett Letters, [post April 14, 1898-July 17, [1898].

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Box 1, Folder 28
Abstract:
Includes 4 letters sent by Ens. Kenneth Bennett, serving aboard the USS Amphitrite, a monitor patrolling the seas in blockade duty off Key West, to his mother in Hackensack. Bennett expresses gratitude for his mother's weekly correspondence and his aunt's frequent mailings of New Jersey newspapers. Includes a re-telling of ship Captain Barclay's story about a shark attack he dealt with earlier in his career (2 pages). Sailors' letters, Battle of Santiago, Siege of Santiago, Sharks. Partial geographical list: Key West, Hackensack (N.J.).
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5 items

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