John T. Hawkins Navy memorandum book

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{"value"=>"John T. Hawkins Navy memorandum book"}

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{"value"=>"1861-1864", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1861/1864"}

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abstract

{"value"=>"Memorandum book of John T. Hawkins, 2nd Assistant Engineer, U. S. Navy, containing an \"Account of the principal occurrences during the voyages of the Pensacola,\" U. S. sloop-of-war on which he served from September 1, 1861 to September 10, 1863; his testimony before the Congressional Committee on Steam Machinery, February 23-24, 1864, comparing general proportions of the Pensacola with those of the Iroquois and Monongahela; a comparison of the theoretical and actual performance of the engines of the Pensacola; notes on steam engineering, including notes on the U. S. S. Brooklyn, Niagara, Minnesota, Iroquois, Roanoke, Mattabessett, and U. S. gun boat Wissahickon"}

date_inclusive_start

1861

date_inclusive_end

1864

origination

{"value"=>"Hawkins, John T", "type"=>"persname"}

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1861

prefercite

{"value"=>"John T. Hawkins Navy memorandum book, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

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.1 linear feet (1 volume)

date_start

1861

date_end

1864

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