Two civilian steam yachts owned byElias Cornelius Benedict, each associated with unique historical incidents:
USS Adelante (SP-765), originally launched in 1883 as theUtowana, acquired and renamedOneida by Benedict in 1887 and later renamed again as theAdelante before being acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1918; notable as the site of a secret operation in July 1893 on PresidentGrover Cleveland for the removal of a cancerous growth from his mouth.
Oneida (1897), originally launched in 1897 as theAlcedo before being renamed and acquired by Benedict as a larger replacement for the previous ship of that name owned by him, considered for acquisition by the U.S. Navy duringWorld War I but never taken, and later acquired byWilliam Randolph Hearst (with whom it became involved with the mysterious death of film producerThomas H. Ince).
Whitestown Seminary, a Presbyterian educational institution based in Whitestown, New York, and founded in 1827, previously known as Oneida Academy and Oneida Institute
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