File Unit: Messages to the Prime Minister from the President [1 of 2: 1945, April – May], 4/1945 - 1/1946. Series: London Files, 4/1945 - 1/1946. Collection: Map Room File (Truman Administration), 4/12/1945 - 1/1946.
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File Unit: Correspondence from Harry S. Truman to Bess Wallace, 1910-1919: April 12, 1919 [Telegram], 1910 - 1964. Series: Family Correspondence Files, 1910 - 1964. Collection: Harry S. Truman Papers Pertaining to Family, Business and Personal Affairs, 1876 - 1964.
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Source: catalog.archives.gov
The “Zoot Suit Riots” began in Los Angeles, California on June 3, 1943. Soldiers and Sailors from the area believed the use of extra fabric violated the rationing rules established by the federal government in Limitation Order 244 (October 26, 1942) set by the War Production Board. The military members involved believed everyone had a patriotic duty to uphold wartime rules.
This document, from the Office of Inter-American Relations clearly shows that racial intolerance will not be accepted by the military (which was in stark contrast to the military’s own segregation rules.)
“…guard against any dastardly attempt at incendiarism or destruction.”
Telegram Regarding German Espionage Conducted within the United States, 03/30/1918
From the General Correspondence File of the Department of the Navy. First Naval District. Portsmouth Navy Yard. Industrial Department.
This telegram to the Navy Yard at Portsmouth, NH, indicates the possibility of German espionage activity against United States shipping, in addition to the ongoing World War I submarine campaign, aimed at the destruction of American ships. It recommends that the utmost scrutiny should be given to all ships, personnel, supplies, and cargo.
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Source: catalog.archives.gov
File Unit: February 1898, 2/1898 - 2/1898. Series: Area Files, ca. 1924 - ca. 1946. Record Group 45: Naval Records Collection of the Office of Naval Records and Library, 1691 - 1945
This telegram, in code from then-Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt to Admiral George Dewey, Commander, Pacific Squadron, authorized Dewey to engage the Spanish fleet, although war would not be declared until April. Sent without the knowledge of Secretary of the Navy John Davis Long, the telegram is dated 11 days after the USS Maine had been mysteriously destroyed in Spanish-controlled Havana. Admiral Dewey would go to destroy the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Manila Bay on May 1, 1898.
Source: catalog.archives.gov
Telegram from James A. Forsythe to Secretary of the Navy, 2/15/1898
File Unit: 11-15 February 1898, 2/11/1898 - 2/15/1898. Series: Area Files, ca. 1924 - ca. 1946. Record Group 45: Naval Records Collection of the Office of Naval Records and Library, 1691 - 1945
This telegram from the Key West Naval Station forwards word from Charles S. Sigsbee, Captain of the Maine about the destruction of his ship in Havana harbor on the evening of February 15, 1898, a pivotal event leading up to the Spanish-American War. Read More about the legacy of the USS Maine at Prologue…
Source: catalog.archives.gov
Telegram from Captain Charles D. Sigsbee, Commander of the USS Maine, to the Secretary of the Navy
File Unit: 11-15 February 1898, 2/11/1898 - 2/15/1898. Series: Area Files, ca. 1924 - ca. 1946. Record Group 45: Naval Records Collection of the Office of Naval Records and Library, 1691 - 1945
This telegram describes the mysterious destruction of the USS Maine in Havana harbor on the evening of February 15, 1898, a pivotal event leading up to the Spanish-American War.
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“THIS IS THE MOST CRITICAL LABOR DAY IN AMERICAN
HISTORY…”Series: War Production Board, 1942 - 1943. Record Group 179: Records of the War Production Board, 1918 - 1947
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Telegram to Bernard Cohen Announcing the Verdict of Loving v. Virginia, 06/12/1967.
File Unit: 395 OT 1966 , 1792 - 2010. Series: Appellate Jurisdiction Case Files, 1792 - 2010. Record Group 267: Records of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1772 - 2007
On June 12, 1967, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple whose marriage had been prohibited by the state of Virginia’s Racial Integrity Act. This telegram was sent from John F. Davis, clerk of the court, to the Loving’s attorney, Bernard S. Cohen.
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Source: research.archives.gov
Telegram Announcing the Declaration of War with Germany, 4/6/1917
Series: General Correspondence, ca. 1915 - 1925. Record Group 181: Records of Naval Districts and Shore Establishments, 1784 - 2000
Congress formally declared war on Germany 100 years ago on April 6, 1917, which President Woodrow Wilson subsequently signed and announced in a Presidential Proclamation the same day.
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File Unit: 862.20212 / 57 through 862.20212 / 311, 1910 - 1963. Series: Central Decimal Files, 1910 - 1963. Record Group 59: General Records of the Department of State, 1763 - 2002
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This telegram informed the American Embassy in Mexico City of the Zimmermann Telegram. It instructs the recipient of the telegram to meet with Mexican President Venustiano Carranza and to inform him that the message will probably be made public and that it would be in Mexico’s best interest to make a statement.
Source: catalog.archives.gov
Telegram from Ambassador Walter Page to Secretary of State Robert Lansing, 2/24/1917
File Unit: 862.20212 / 57 through 862.20212 / 311, 1910 - 1963. Series: Central Decimal Files, 1910 - 1963. Record Group 59: General Records of the Department of State, 1763 - 2002
This telegram was sent from the American Embassy in London to Secretary of State Lansing and President Woodrow Wilson during World War I. The telegram includes a translation of an encoded message German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann sent to the German Minister to Mexico, now known as the Zimmermann Telegram, in which an alliance between Germany and Mexico against the U.S. was proposed, enabling Mexico to recapture lost territory. In addition the telegram from U.S. Ambassador Walter Page discusses how the British had intercepted and deciphered the Zimmermann telegram.
Telegram, 12/2/1931
File Unit: Records Relating to the Prosecution of Alphonse Capone, 1929 - 1932. Series: Records Relating to Legal Precedents, 1929 - 1983. Record Group 118: Records of U.S. Attorneys, 1821 - 1994
This telegram was sent to the U.S. District Attorney, detailing Al Capone’s activities in Cook County jail after his conviction for income tax evasion on October 17, 1931. An official inquiry and investigation was made after this telegram and other information was received.
Source: catalog.archives.gov
“Papers report disaster to Custer. Secretary and General absent. Telegraph here as well as to Genl. Sheridan, any report you may receive.”
Series: Letters Received, 1805 - 1889. Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1762 - 1984
Before Army headquarters in Washington, DC, had received any official report on the battle, newspapers reported on July 6 that Custer had suffered some “disaster.” Adjutant General E.D. Townsend sent this telegram to Chicago to obtain official information on the action.
Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer and nearly half the soldiers under his command in the 7th Cavalry were wiped out by combined Cheyenne, Lakota and Arapaho forces during the Battle of Little Bighorn, also known as the Battle of the Greasy Grass, and Custer’s Last Stand, on June 25-26, 1876.
Two days after the battle, General Terry, Custer’s commanding officer, confirmed Custer’s fate and had it sent to Fort Ellis, the nearest telegraph office, where it was relayed first to Chicago, then to Army headquarters in Washington, DC. There was a break in the telegraph line between Fort Ellis and Chicago causing a delay in service, and so, the highest officials in the U.S. Army in Philadelphia attending the grand Centennial Exposition, learned about Custer’s fate – not from Terry’s report – but from a July 6 newspaper story.
Source: catalog.archives.gov
Series: “Special File” of Letters Received, 1863 - 1885. Record Group 393: Records of U.S. Army Continental Commands, 1817 - 1947.
Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer and nearly half the soldiers under his command in the 7th Cavalry were wiped out by combined Cheyenne, Lakota and Arapaho forces during the Battle of Little Bighorn, also known as the Battle of the Greasy Grass, and Custer’s Last Stand, on June 25-26, 1876.
Two days after the battle, General Terry, Custer’s commanding officer, confirmed the death of Custer and more than 250 of his men. Gathered from the reports of officers who were entrenched in a defensive position on the bluffs overlooking the valley and from the trail of bodies Terry himself encountered on June 27, he sketched the movements of Custer and his men from June 22 through June 25. A civilian scout carried Terry’s report to Fort Ellis, the nearest telegraph office, where it was relayed first to Chicago, then to Army headquarters in Washington, DC. There was a break in the telegraph line between Fort Ellis and Chicago causing a delay in service, and so, the highest officials in the U.S. Army in Philadelphia attending the grand Centennial Exposition, learned about Custer’s fate – not from this report – but from a July 6 newspaper story.
Source: catalog.archives.gov
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