Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1844, Feb. 29 | Born, New London, Conn. |
1863 | Graduated, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. |
1864 | Duty in Richmond (steam sloop of war), West Gulf Blockading Squadron |
1865 | Duty in Kickapoo (monitor) |
1869-1873 | Duty in Alaska (screw sloop of war), Pacific Squadron |
1873 | Married Melancia Antoinette Tremaine |
1874-1877 | Duty at United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. |
1885-1888 | Commanded Galena (steamer) |
1889 | Served on Naval Board to select naval site on the Pacific coast, Puget Sound Navy Yard, Wash. |
1891-1894 | Commandant of midshipmen at United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. |
1896 | Commanded Richmond (steam sloop of war) |
1897-1898 | Commander in chief, South Atlantic Squadron |
1900 | Duty in Constantinople to support an American damage claim |
1902-1906 | Superintendent, United States Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C. |
1903 | Promoted to rear admiral |
1908 | Authorized by President Theodore Roosevelt and the State Department to aid in the establishment of American trade in western Asia |
1908-1909 | Delegate to the Ninth International Congress of Geography, Geneva, Switzerland |
1917 | Commandant of the Naval Unit, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. |
1932, May 4 | Died, Rye, N.Y. |