William B. Burtis diary kept on board the U.S.S. Delaware

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unittitle

{"value"=>"William B. Burtis diary kept on board the U.S.S. Delaware"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1867-1870", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1867/1870"}

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abstract

{"value"=>"William B. Burris was a staff clerk in the United States Navy and kept this diary on board the U.S.S. Delaware during a cruise from Portsmouth, New Hampshire to an Asiatic station and back to New York. Entries date from 1867-1870, and laid in to the volume are the following: the Shanghai News-Letter from May 18, 1869 and February 11, 1870; Japan Herald from September 18, 1869; and Japan Gazette from May 21, 1870. A clipping from the New York Tribune listing those killed in battle at Bull Run was removed from the volume ca. 1938 and transferred to the library's newspaper room"}

date_inclusive_start

1867

date_inclusive_end

1870

origination

{"value"=>"Burtis, William B", "type"=>"persname"}

keydate

1867

prefercite

{"value"=>"William B. Burtis diary kept on board the U.S.S. Delaware, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

extent_statement

.1 linear feet (1 volume)

date_start

1867

date_end

1870

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