The State of Maine and the New Navy, 1889-1893

Authors

  • Donald Yerxa Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/NaN

Keywords:

Eugene Hale, Charles Boutelle, Bath Iron Works, Benjamin Tracy, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas B. Reed, James G. Blaine, Monroe Doctrine, coast defense, commerce warfare, Naval Appropriations Act of 1890, Bangor Daily Whig and Courier, Daily Eastern Argus, White Squadron, North Atlantic Squadron, The Chilean Affair

Abstract

This essay details the role of various sectors of Maine (politics, newspaper, individuals) in the establishment of the "new" Navy of the United State in the late 19th Century. This essay was the winner of the 1975 Maine Historical Society Essay Prize.

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Published

1975-04-01

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 4 (1975): Maine History Journal

Section

reviewessay