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It was from
Olympia’s bridge that Dewey made his famous command to the ship’s captain, “You may fire when you are ready, Gridley.”
Here s What You Need To Remember: The ship was placed into reserve in 1922, but never again used. In 1957, it became a museum ship.
The oldest steel warship afloat has survived wars, economic downturns and even the harsh passage of time, but there was one battle that the USS
Olympia (C-6), flagship of the American Asiatic Fleet during the Spanish-American War (1898), almost was unable to win. The future of the ship remained very much in jeopardy for several years due to the rising costs of maintaining the protected cruiser.
Karelian Collection. This remarkable example is graded Extremely Fine 40 EPQ by
PMG.
This one-year design type features the profile portrait of
William Henry Seward prominently at the center. A large 50 counter is in an ornamental end panel at left while the red scalloped Treasury Seal is found at right.
Just 22 examples of the type are known, six are in government collections and another permanently resides in the
ANA Museum, leaving 15 pieces available to collectors. The print run for this design was 80,000 notes, of which only 23,500 were distributed. Treasury records report that only $1,250 worth (25 notes) are outstanding. This remarkable note carries an estimate of $150,000-$250,000 USD.
lincoln s attitude is nobody s his enemy. everybody is his friend. lincoln s approach here wasn t to stand over a vanquished opponent and rub it in and not just tell weed, hey, you lost, i won, get on the program. and the two men spend five hours talking. he courted weed and he had to offer weed any number of things to secure the right level of support and endorsement. what lincoln and weed talked about has been lost to history. we don t know exactly, but it did not escape anyone s notice that william seward ultimately became lincoln s secretary of state. weed gives lincoln his full public support. he proclaims there is no more thorough or bolder republican on the continent, not one of more
the ring and announces his intent to run for the republican nomination. nothing can stop him now. except for the hot favorite to win william henry seward. william henry seward was an upstate new yorker, a man of fabulous gifts as a speaker, a man of principled opposition to slavery, and a man of great political experience. he was urbane. he was charming. here was a man who looked like he was effortlessly ascending the steps toward the presidency. and the man behind seward is the most terrifying operator in american politics, his campaign manager thurlow weed. his cheery nickname? the dictator. thurlow weed was known as the dictator in part because of his ability to get things done.