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I0019
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Letter describing the desctruction of the USS Maine at Havana- 1898?
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- 1898? (Creation)
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F. W. Wright was attached to the USS Bache, surveying the channels of the Tortugas and the Everglades area bordering the Florida coast. He photographed the Maine from the ship's deck shortly after the explosion.
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[i]Wright's account includes his assumption that the explosion was engineered by a Spanish pilot on orders from Spanish officials stationed in Havana. He urges swift retalition by the United States.[/i]
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2005-432
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Photocopy of photograph taken by Wright shortly after the explosion accompanies letter.