1900 – Two letters from the wife a Lieutenant Commander who had just assumed command of gunboat captured in the Spanish-American War as she traveled to Manila to be with him during the follow-on war with Philippine insurgents
Pacific Ocean: 1900. Envelope or Cover. These two letters, written by Nellie Jordan to her husband on stationery from the Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company, total 8 pages. They are dated 17 and 13 October 1900. Both are enclosed in a Toyo Kisen Kaisha (Oriental Steamship Company) envelope addressed to..... More