John Jay Almy papers

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{"value"=>"John Jay Almy papers"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1857-1866", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1857/1866"}

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date_inclusive_start

1857

date_inclusive_end

1866

origination

{"value"=>"Almy, John Jay, 1815-1895", "type"=>"persname"}

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{"value"=>"<p>Naval officer.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

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{"value"=>"<p>Letter book kept by Almy while he was commander of American ships of war CONNECTICUT and JUNIATA, 1864-1866; and journal kept while commanding the CONNECTICUT and FULTON, 1857-1864. Includes information on the capture of William Walker in Nicaragua in 1857, protection of American shipping in Tampico, Mexico, 1858, and off Cuba, the Paraguay expedition, 1858-1859, blockading the South Atlantic States during the Civil War, salvaging of contraband cotton, and prizes of war.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

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{"accession_number"=>"MSS"}

{"date"=>"1922", "materials"=>"Papers", "method"=>"Purchase", "value"=>"Papers: Purchase, 1922"}

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1857

prefercite

{"value"=>"John Jay Almy papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Naval officer. Letter book kept by Almy while he was commander of American ships of war CONNECTICUT and JUNIATA, 1864-1866; and journal kept while commanding the CONNECTICUT and FULTON, 1857-1864. Includes information on the capture of William Walker in Nicaragua in 1857, protection of American shipping in Tampico, Mexico, 1858, and off Cuba, the Paraguay expedition, 1858-1859, blockading the South Atlantic States during the Civil War, salvaging of contraband cotton, and prizes of war.", "generated"=>true}

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2 v

date_start

1857

date_end

1866

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