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  The DeLome Letter was written by Senor Don Enrigue Dupuy De Lome, the Spanish Ambassador, to the US. The letter help fuel the nation's foreign policy.
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  On Februaury 15, 1898, an explosion sank and killed 266 of its 370 crewman. The cause was never determined but the Spainish was still the blame.