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BOX 1-243 Part I: General File, 1870-1919
Personal and official letters, telegrams, memoranda, diaries, notes, scrapbooks, military reports and orders, indexes, and other material.
Arranged by type of material.
BOX 1 Copy of joint resolution of Senate and House, no. 167 (1870)
1884, 12 May, ordnance notes no. 346: thesis by Bliss, “Strategical Value of the Inland Canal Navigation of the United States” (printed copy)
Manuscript of above thesis, dated April 1884. [A.D.S.] together with correspondence transmitting it to Chief of Ordnance
1884, 10 June, proceedings and preliminary report of Board of Officers appointed by Special Order No. 111
Typewritten copy of report (translated from Spanish by J. MacD. Sheridan): “Weyler's Campaign, in Mindanao, Philippine Islands” [1890]
1893, 25 May, carbon copy of typewritten report by Capt. Theo. A. Bingham on “Hints to Officers Detailed as Military Attachés”
Bliss correspondence, 26 Nov. 1894 to 5 Sept. 1900
Letters to Adjutant General of Cuba
1 Jan. 1899-31 Jan. 1899
BOX 2 1 Feb.-15 Mar. 1899
BOX 3 Copies of official telegrams to and from Bliss, United States Army Headquarters at Cuba, 17 May 1899-17 Nov. 1900
BOX 4 Miscellaneous letters received
27 June 1898-31 July 1900
BOX 5 1 Aug. 1900-18 Sept. 1901
BOX 6 20 Sept. 1901-17 Sept. 1902
BOX 7 Letters sent to Collectors of Customs
Baracoa
18 Jan. 1899-13 Oct. 1899
BOX 8 17 Oct. 1899-24 Oct. 1900
Batabano
3 Jan.-5 June 1899
BOX 9 8 June 1899-17 Dec. 1900
BOX 10 Matanzas
10 Jan.-14 July 1899
BOX 11 18 July 1899-2 Mar. 1900
BOX 12 23 Mar.-4 Dec. 1900
BOX 13 Letters and telegrams received from Collectors of Customs in Cuba, 1899
Baracoa, 17 Jan.-4 Nov.
Batabano, 6 June-20 Nov.
Caibarin, 15 June-5 Aug.
BOX 14 Caibarin, 6 Aug.-11 Nov.
Cardenas, 26 May-23 Nov.
Cienfuegos, 18-30 May
BOX 15 Cienfuegos, 7 June-4 Nov.
Gibara, 22 Mar.-28 Nov.
Guantanamo, 16 June-31 July
BOX 16 Guantanamo, 1 Aug.-14 Nov.
Manzanillo, 2 June-22 Nov.
Matanzas, 13 Apr.-12 Dec.
Nuevitas, 22 Mar.-11 Dec.
Sagua la Grande, 17 June-22 July
BOX 17 Sagua la Grande, 28 July-22 Dec.
Santa Cruz, 7 Feb.-5 Sept.
Santiago de Cuba, 22 Feb.-13 Nov.
Trinidad, 19 May-19 Dec.
Tunas de Zaza, 28 June-15 Dec.
Miscellaneous, 26 Aug.-22 Dec.
BOX 18 Special Cases; combination in the Havana Custom House: cases of dishonest practice in Custom House brought to attention of W. Morgan Shuster, Chief of Statistics and Acting Assistant Auditor for Cuba
BOX 19 Continuation of above, with typewritten copy of the proceedings and copies of supporting documents, [15-23 Dec. 1899]
BOX 20 Vouchers for property received from Bliss by Collectors of Customs, [Nos. 1-49], 6 Feb.-29 June 1899
Bliss's report on insular property expanded for fiscal year ending 30 June 1900
Vouchers, 10 July 1900-30 June 1901 [Nos. 1-35]
1900, Oct., papers relating to Bulls-Shuster-Bravo difficulty
BOX 21 Abstract of insular property
Oct.-Dec. 1900
Jan.-Mar. 1901
Apr.-June 1901
Abstract of articles received by Bliss from various sources for fiscal year ending 30 June 1901, together with supporting papers
Miscellaneous letters and endorsements, 1901
1-2 Apr.
BOX 22 3-10 Apr.
BOX 23 11-15 Apr.
BOX 24 16-23 Apr.
BOX 25 24-30 Apr.
BOX 26 Miscellaneous letters sent, 1901
1-9 Jan.
BOX 27 10-15 Jan.
BOX 28 16-19 Jan.
BOX 29 21-24 Jan.
BOX 30 25-31 Jan.
BOX 31 Miscellaneous letters and endorsements, 1901
5-7 Aug.
BOX 32 6-15 Aug.
BOX 33 16-28 Aug.
BOX 34 29-31 Aug.
Telegrams to Collectors of Customs, 1 Jan.-30 Apr. 1902
Abstracts of insular property transferred to officers, for fractional part of fiscal year ending 31 Mar. 1902
BOX 35 Letters to and copies of a few letters from Bliss, 3 May-31 Dec. 1902
BOX 36 Same as above, 5 Jan. 1903-26 July 1904
BOX 37 Correspondence
1 Jan.-1 Feb. 1904
BOX 38 2 Feb.-23 Mar. 1904
BOX 39 28 Mar.-31 May 1904
BOX 40 1 Jan.-25 Dec. 1905
Acts of the Legislative Council, Moro Province
1 June 1903-29 Feb. 1904 (printed)
BOX 41 16 Apr. 1904-10 Mar. 1907
General Orders
Philippine Division [Nos. 1-60], 7 Jan.-5 Aug. 1905 (printed)
Luzon Division, [Nos. 1-21], 2 Jan.-16 Mar. 1906 (printed)
BOX 42 Correspondence, 1906
2 Jan.-27 Feb. [The index bound in this volume is now useless, since the correspondence has been arranged in chronological order.]
BOX 43 1 Mar.-27 June
BOX 44 30 June-9 Aug.
BOX 45 11 Aug.-26 Oct.
BOX 46 27 Oct.-31 Dec.
Special orders, Luzon Department, [Nos. 1-37], 2 Jan.-15 Mar.
Bliss's autograph memoranda (in pencil), undated
BOX 47 Correspondence, stamped “Headquarters Department of Mindanao.” [Nos. 1-48], 11 Mar. 1906-13 Sept. 1907. [A typewritten subject index to this correspondence is in Vols. 48- 49]
BOX 48 Typewritten subject index to correspondence in Vol. 47
BOX 49 Continuation of above index
Bliss's typewritten diary
12 Apr.-8 Aug. 1906
BOX 50 9 Aug. 1906-9 Jan. 1907
BOX 51 10 Jan.-30 June 1907
BOX 52 31 Aug. 1910-26 Mar. 1911
BOX 53 27 Mar.-22 Oct. 1911
BOX 54 23 Oct. [1911]-5 Feb. 1915
[6-13 Mar. 1913, manuscript notes used as basis for typewritten copies. These are bound, and follow 31 Dec. 1913]
Bliss's typewritten diary
1 July-25 Sept. 1907
BOX 55 26 Sept. 1907-5 Mar. 1908
BOX 56 6 Mar.-24 July 1908
BOX 57 25 July 1908-17 Jan. 1909
BOX 58 18 Jan.-4 Aug. 1909
BOX 59 Correspondence, 1907
1-18 Jan.
BOX 60 19 Jan.-6 Feb.
BOX 61 [6 Feb.]-19 Feb.
BOX 62 20 Feb.-29 Mar.
BOX 63 30 Mar.-27 Apr.
BOX 64 28 Apr.-1 June
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