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2007 Finding aid encoded by Suellen Denton , Fondren LibraryAugust 15, 2007 Finding aid written inEnglish. Collection Summary Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University, Houston, TX Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer), 1840-1914 A.T. Mahan letter to Gen. James Wilson 1893 1 folder Letter written from American naval officer and historian A.T. Mahan to Gen. James Wilson regarding the publication of Mahan’s biography of Farragut. MS 182 Biographical Sketch

A.T. Mahan was an American naval officer and historian. He authored the highly influential book, The Influence of Seapower Upon History.

 Scope and contents

Letter written from American naval officer and historian A.T. Mahan to Gen. James Wilson regarding the publication of Mahan’s biography of Farragut. Admiral David Glasgow Farragut (1801-1870), an American naval officer who served during the U.S. Civil War, is quoted as having said at the Battle of Mobile Bay, “…Damn the torpedoes … full speed ahead!”

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Permission to publish from the A.T. Mahan letter to Gen. James Wilson, 1893 must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.

 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Wilson, James Harrison, 1837-1925 Formats Correspondence Preferred Citation

A.T. Mahan letter to Gen. James Wilson, 1893, MS 182, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.

 Acquisition information

Purchased from Robert Black, manuscripts dealer, October 17,1968.

 Detailed Description of the Collection Series I: A.T. Mahan letter to Gen. James Wilson, 1893 1 Handwritten letter, on both sides of one leaf.