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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03804.47 |
| From Archive Folder | John Grimes Walker's naval correspondence |
| Title | Samuel Wakeman to Francis Pickering Walker Thomas informing her that the USS "Walker" will be launched on 14 September at 6 p.m. |
| Date | 10 September 1918 |
| Author | Wakeman, Samuel Wiley (fl. 1917-1929) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Written on the stationery of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Ltd.'s Fore River Plant. Signed by Wakeman as the General Manager of the shipyard to the daughter of the late Rear Admiral John G. Walker. Tells Walker's daughter that the USS "Walker" will be launched on 14 September at 6 p.m. Will have a car sent to pick her up in Boston. |
| Subjects | Mississippi Military History Navy Women's History Children and Family World War I |
| People | Walker, John Grimes (1835-1907) |
| Place written | Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Naval & Maritime |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |