Homer Crane Blake papers

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol 313", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"313", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Homer Crane Blake papers"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1840-1871", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1840/1871"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".6 linear foot (2 boxes)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1840

date_inclusive_end

1871

origination

{"value"=>"Blake, Homer Crane, 1822-1880", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Homer Crane Blake (1822-1880) was a U.S. naval officer.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Collection consists of correspondence and other papers relating to Commodore Blake's service in the United States Navy. Includes official letterbook relating to affairs in Africa, China, Cochin China, Japan, and particularly the American mission to establish treaty relations with Korea, 1869-1872; reports of actions of American naval forces against Korean forts (1871); journal kept aboard the U.S.S. Alaska, with observations on currents, weather and other subjects, from New York to Korea via Africa, Cochin China, Japan, and China; scrapbook of clippings and other papers concerning action of the U.S.S. Hatteras with the C.S.S. Alabama in 1862; scrapbook containing material on Homer Kirtland Flanagan Blake as a member of the Class of 1875 at Columbia College; and autographs of many United States Navy officers and other government officials.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"MSS 20M?"}

{"date"=>"1920", "source"=>"Hernsheim, Joseph", "method"=>"Gift", "value"=>"Gift, Hernsheim, Joseph, 1920"}

altformavail

{"value"=>"<p>Entire collection available on microfilm; New York Public Library</p>"}

keydate

1840

prefercite

{"value"=>"Homer Crane Blake papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Homer Crane Blake (1822-1880) was a U.S. naval officer. Collection consists of correspondence and other papers relating to Commodore Blake's service in the United States Navy. Includes official letterbook relating to affairs in Africa, China, Cochin China, Japan, and particularly the American mission to establish treaty relations with Korea, 1869-1872; reports of actions of American naval forces against Korean forts (1871); journal kept aboard the U.S.S. Alaska, with observations on currents, weather and other subjects, from New York to Korea via Africa, Cochin China, Japan, and China; scrapbook of clippings and other papers concerning action of the U.S.S. Hatteras with the C.S.S. Alabama in 1862; scrapbook containing material on Homer Kirtland Flanagan Blake as a member of the Class of 1875 at Columbia College; and autographs of many United States Navy officers and other government officials.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

.6 linear feet (2 boxes)

date_start

1840

date_end

1871

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