Hostilities begun, Spanish steamer captured by Key West Fleet

Item Information

• Description
  Wilmington Messenger Extra announcing, and outlining hostilities leading up to, the blockade of Havana Harbor. Section headlines include: "Information as to fleet to be withheld" by order of Secretary Long; "Call for Spanish reserves"; "Manifesto by Cuban government"; "The coal embargo"; "Weyler in conference with the Queen"; "Annexation of Hawaii as a war measure"; "Hong Kong squadron"; "Flying squadron for coast defense"; "To call for 100,000 troops"; "Connecticut troops" and "Woodford's train stoned".

• Item ID
  bdsnc061807
• Source Collection
  Broadsides and Ephemera Collection
• Spatial Coverage
  United States
  Spain
  Cuba
  England
  France
  Canary Islands
  North Carolina
  New Hanover County (N.C.)
  Las Palmas (Canary Islands)
  Havana (Cuba)
  Hendaye (France)
  Wilmington (N.C.)
• Language
  eng
• Title
  Hostilities begun, Spanish steamer captured by Key West Fleet
• Extent
  1 scan
• Date
  1898-04-22
• Folder
  NC6
• Type
  Text
  Still Image
  newspaper clippings
  broadsides
• Subject
  Military campaigns
  Politics and government
  Commerce
  Transportation

• Copyright & Usage
  None