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- Creator
- Weaver, Aaron Ward, 1832-1919
- Call number
- MssCol 3247
- Physical description
- .21 linear feet (1 box)
- Preferred Citation
- Aaron Ward Weaver papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Aaron Ward Weaver was a Commander in the United States Navy. These papers date from 1851 to 1887 and include orders and letters to him from Farragut, Dahlgren, Porter, and others; an order to command the captured slave ship Ardennes; an order (October 23, 1862) from Commodore H. H. Bell for blockade of Mobile Bay; a letter (March 6, 1883) from the U. S. Consulate General in Rio de Janeiro giving brief statistics of death and disease in 1883; Weaver's record at the United States Naval Academy; and other materials
Key terms
Names
- Weaver, Aaron Ward, 1832-1919
- Bell, H. H
- Dahlgren, Charles Gustavus, 1808-1888
- Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870
- Porter, Fitz-John, 1822-1901
- Ardennes (Ship)
- United States Naval Academy
- United States. Consulate (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
- United States. Navy
Subjects
- Diseases -- Reporting -- Brazil -- 19th century
- Mortality -- Brazil -- Statistics -- 19th century
- Slave trade -- Atlantic Ocean Region
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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