Family correspondence of Captain Williams Carter Wickham (1887-1985), son of Henry Taylor Wickham and Elise W. Barksdale Wickham

Containers:

Box 12, Folder 8

Extent:

1 folder(s)

Scope and content:

Wickham attended the U.S. Naval Academy from 1904 until 1909 and most of the letters from this period were to his parents. There are also a few dating from his service aboard the U.S.S. Minnesota (1911) and the U.S.S. Smith (1913) addressed to them. Letters dated 1924 from Captain Wickham to his wife, Credilla Miller Wickham, were written while serving in the U.S. Asiastic Fleet aboard the U.S.S. Pillsbury when the navy summered at Chefoo [present day Yantai], China.

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