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Joseph Walsh journal
1829-1830

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Creator: Walsh, Joseph (Joseph F.)
Call number: MssCol 3652
Physical description: .21 linear feet (1 box)
Preferred Citation: Joseph Walsh journal, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
Repository: Manuscripts and Archives Division
Access to materials: Advance notice required. Request access to this collection.

Journal of Joseph Walsh, midshipman on the U.S. Frigate Constellation. The journal dates intermittently from August 12, 1829 to February 8, 1839, beginning while Walsh was on a cruise in the Mediterranean in the squadron of Commodore James Biddle. On October 25, 1829, he transferred to the Frigate Java in the same squadron

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Subjects

Midshipmen -- Personal narratives

Material types

Diaries

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Location

Manuscripts and Archives Division
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328

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Joseph Walsh journal 1829-1830