Levi Hayden diaries

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unittitle

{"value"=>"Levi Hayden diaries"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1864-1884", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1864/1884"}

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abstract

{"value"=>"Levi Hayden was a marine engineer from New York City. In these diaries, he describes his service with the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron under Admiral Samuel Phillips Lee; other military actions in the United States Civil War; his work and travels for the firm of Morris & Cummings, New York; dredging rivers and harbors at New York harbor, Texas, Louisiana, Florida, South Carolina, and elsewhere; and of his travels on the Neva River from St. Petersburg, Russia, to its mouth, with extensive details of his life there. The diary also includes notes from Hayden's travels in England and Europe between 1883 and 1884"}

date_inclusive_start

1864

date_inclusive_end

1884

origination

{"value"=>"Hayden, Levi", "type"=>"persname"}

altformavail

{"value"=>"<p>Partially available on microfilm; New York Public Library; *ZL-384; Volume 1 (1864-1879) has been microfilmed</p>"}

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1864

prefercite

{"value"=>"Levi Hayden diaries, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

extent_statement

.84 linear feet (4 volumes)

date_start

1864

date_end

1884

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