| LC control no. | n 97018719 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Otis, Elwell S. (Elwell Stephen), 1838-1909 |
| Variant(s) | Otis, E. S. (Elwell Stephen), 1838-1909 Otis, Elwell Stephen, 1838-1909 |
| See also | Philippines. Military Governor (1898-1900 : Otis) |
| Associated country | United States Philippines |
| Located | Rochester (N.Y.) |
| Birth date | 18380325 |
| Death date | 1909 |
| Place of birth | Frederick (Md.) |
| Profession or occupation | Armies--Officers |
| Found in | NUCMC data from the Library of Congress Mss. Div. for His Letter, 1888 (Otis, Elwell Stephen, 1838-1909; army officer) Otis, Elwell Stephen. The Indian question, 1878: title page (by Elwell S. Otis, Lieut.-Colonel U.S. Army) Philippines. Military Governor (1898-1899 : Otis). Appendices to annual report of Major General E.S. Otis, U.S. Volunteers, commanding Department of the Pacific and 8th Army Corps, Military Governor in the Philippine Islands, 1899: title page (E. S. Otis) page [15] (Department of the Pacific and Eighth Army Corps. Major General Elwell S. Otis, U.S. Vols., Brigadier General, U.S. Army, Commanding) Who was who in America, 1897-1942: (Otis, Elwell Stephen; army officer; b. Frederick City, Md., Mar. 25, 1838; grad. Univ. Rochester, 1858; LL.B., Harvard Law School, 1861; commd. capt. 140th N.Y. Inf., Sept 13, 1862, later promoted to col; hon. mustered out, Jan. 14, 1865 because incapacitated by wound; departed to Philippines, July 15, 1898; relieved Maj. Gen. Merritt as comdg. gen. U.S. Philippine forces and gov. of islands, Aug. 29, 1898; conduct3ed operations against insurgents and performed duties of mil. gov. until May 5, 1900; residence: Rochester, N.Y.; died 1909) OCLC search, April 15, 2015: (access point: Otis, Elwell Stephen, 1838-1909; usage: Elwell S. Otis; E.S. Otis) |
| Associated language | eng |
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