Telegram, in code, from Theodore Roosevelt to Admiral Dewey, 02/26/1898 This telegram, in code from Assistance Secretary of Navy Roosevelt to Admiral Dewey, Commander, Pacific Squadron, was sent without the knowledge of Secretary of Navy Long. Sent 11 days after the USS Maine had been mysteriously destroyed in Spanish-controlled Havana, the telegram authorized Dewey to engage the Spanish fleet, although war would not be declared until April.  Dewey would go to destroy the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Manila Bay on May 1.
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Telegram, in code, from Theodore Roosevelt to Admiral Dewey, 02/26/1898

This telegram, in code from Assistance Secretary of Navy Roosevelt to Admiral Dewey, Commander, Pacific Squadron, was sent without the knowledge of Secretary of Navy Long. Sent 11 days after the USS Maine had been mysteriously destroyed in Spanish-controlled Havana, the telegram authorized Dewey to engage the Spanish fleet, although war would not be declared until April.  Dewey would go to destroy the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Manila Bay on May 1.

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