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Battle of Manila 19th Century Frame Style:Ebony Frame A commemorative engraving of theBattle of Manila, 19th Century. Dewey's squadron rendered in the confident line of an empire announcing itself in a foreign harbor a documentary engraving of the May morning when the Spanish fleet went down and the American century stepped, uninvited, onto Pacific water. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical societies, and the