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- Creator
- Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer), 1840-1914
- Call number
- MssCol 4537
- Physical description
- .1 linear feet (1 folder)
- Preferred Citation
- Alfred Thayer Mahan correspondence and battle diagrams, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Location
- MssCol 4537
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Correspondence, largely with John Shaw Billings, relating to research done at the New York Public Library by American naval strategist and historian Alfred Thayer Mahan. Some letters include brief discussions of naval history. Also included are notes and numerous drafts of diagrams depicting naval battles with annotations from Mahan to the draughtsman, ostensibly created for his book Sea Power in Its Relations to the War of 1812
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Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328