- unitid
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{"value"=>"MssCol 642", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"642", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"David Conner papers"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1816-1856", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1816/1856"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"5.7 linear feet (19 boxes)"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- date_inclusive_start
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1816
- date_inclusive_end
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1856
- origination
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{"value"=>"Conner, David, 1792-1856", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>David Conner (1792-1856) was a United States naval officer. He served as Navy Commissioner; chief of the Bureau of Construction, Equipment and Repair; commander of the U.S. naval force in the Gulf of Mexico during the war with Mexico; and commandant of the naval base at Philadelphia.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>Collection consists of correspondence and official papers of Conner. Bulk of the collection is correspondence, mostly incoming, from Secretaries of the Navy, naval bureaucrats, ships' officers, crew members, U.S. consuls, foreign diplomats, and captains of ships in Conner's squadron. Also, official Navy Dept. instructions, sailing orders, diplomatic papers, instructions, secret intelligence reports, records of courts-martial, crew lists, and other papers concerning preparation for combat, deployment of ships, political conditions, and naval routines.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"accession_number"=>"MSS 88M33"}
{"date"=>"1914", "source"=>"Henkels", "method"=>"Purchase", "value"=>"Purchase, Henkels, 1914"}
- keydate
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1816
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"David Conner papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}
- extent_statement
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5.7 linear feet (19 boxes)
- abstract
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{"value"=>"David Conner (1792-1856) was a United States naval officer. He served as Navy Commissioner; chief of the Bureau of Construction, Equipment and Repair; commander of the U.S. naval force in the Gulf of Mexico during the war with Mexico; and commandant of the naval base at Philadelphia. Collection consists of correspondence and official papers of Conner. Bulk of the collection is correspondence, mostly incoming, from Secretaries of the Navy, naval bureaucrats, ships' officers, crew members, U.S. consuls, foreign diplomats, and captains of ships in Conner's squadron. Also, official Navy Dept. instructions, sailing orders, diplomatic papers, instructions, secret intelligence reports, records of courts-martial, crew lists, and other papers concerning preparation for combat, deployment of ships, political conditions, and naval routines.", "generated"=>true}
- date_start
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1816
- date_end
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1856