Correspondence re : U.P. Levy and flogging; miscellaneous newspaper articles Mixed archival material 1910-1911.

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Book

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English

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1 online resource.

Summary:

Correspondence re: U.P. Levy and flogging; miscellaneous newspaper articles

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AMDigital Reference:P43/1/14.

[Isaac Markens Material]. Six items: 1) Five letters from the Navy Department in response to inquiries questioning Levy's role in the abolishment of corporal punishment in the Navy, also stating that Senator J.P. Hale of New Hampshire who advocated and secured the end of flogging (1910-1913). 2) Two letters from the Navy stating that Levy was made a Commodore by courtesy (1910-1911). 3) One letter from the Library of Virginia stating that Levy and Jefferson were not acquainted nor had ever exchanged letters (1911). 4) One letter from the U.S. Senate claiming that no bills were introduced to erect a monument to Levy (1921). 5) Four newspaper articles to the editor of 'Hebrew Standard' attempting to degrade Levy as a Jew, citing a lack of evidence for his position on flogging and receiving the Naval rank of Commodore (1911). 6) One article referring to a movement by a group of Jews to erect a monument in memory of Levy in Washington (undated).

Uriah P. Levy Collection.