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- Creator
- Blue, Charles
- Call number
- MssCol 324
- Physical description
- .31 linear feet (1 volume, 1 folder)
- Preferred Citation
- Charles Blue diary kept on board the U.S.S. Vandalia, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
- Portions of this collection have been digitized and are available online.
The U.S. Sloop of War Vandalia set sail on February 14, 1853 and joined Commodore Matthew C. Perry's East Indies Squadron. She was present at Perry's historic entrance into Tokyo Bay on February 13, 1854 and in 1855 helped to protect American interests in China during the Taiping Rebellion. Vandalia was decommissioned at the Portsmouth Navy Yard on September 30, 1856.
Digital Assets
Key terms
Names
- Blue, Charles
- Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858
- United States Naval Expedition to Japan (1852-1854)
- United States. Navy
- Vandalia (Sloop of war)
Places
- Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)
- China -- History -- Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864
- Christmas Island (Indian Ocean)
- Japan -- Description and travel
- Japan -- Foreign relations -- United States
- Macau (China : Special Administrative Region)
- Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
- Ryukyu Islands -- Description and travel
- Shanghai (China) -- Description and travel
- Singapore
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Japan
Material types
Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328