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Died. Joseph Wright Powell, 76, naval architect and shipbuilder; in Thomasville, Ga. During the Spanish-American War, Annapolisman Powell commanded the little launch which, under heavy fire, vainly searched for survivors of the-collier Merrimac, scuttled in the entrance to Santiago Harbor by Lieut. Richmond Pearson Hobson in an effort to bottle up Admiral Cervera's fleet...
Arguing on both sides of the topic, "Resolved, that the U.S. should adopt a policy of free trade," the Crimson defeated Army, Georgetown, Merrimac, N.Y.U., Clarkson, Univ. of Maine, St. John's, and Wesleyan. It lost only to Middlebury and Penn. State...
...family in France, came the first order for the U.S. Army. Du Pont powder hurled the Navy's shells against the Barbary pirates in 1805, was used in the War of 1812, the War against Mexico, and the Civil War (the Monitor fired Du Pont powder against the Merrimac). U.S. pioneers used Du Pont powder to clear the wilderness, build railroads, raise factories...
...MERRIMAC FOUGHT AND SANK THE U.S.S. STEAM FRIGATE CONGRESS, FIFTY
...Monitor's famed Civil-War duel with the Merrimac took place off Newport News, Virginia. She foundered in a gale off Cape Hatteras on December...