Gordon, Charles
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 4004
.1 linear feet (1 folder)
Letters from Charles Gordon, United States Navy, to Naval Agent John Bullus in New York, 1811-1813. Letters relate to both military and social matters
Ronckendorff, William, 1812-1891
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 2617
.21 linear feet (1 box)
William Ronckendorff (1812-1891) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was an American naval officer. He joined the U.S. Navy as midshipman in 1832 (passed 1838), and was commissioned Lieutenant in 1843, Commander in June 1861, and Captain in 1866,...
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William Ronckendorff (1812-1891) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was an American naval officer. He joined the U.S. Navy as midshipman in 1832 (passed 1838), and was commissioned Lieutenant in 1843, Commander in June 1861, and Captain in 1866, retiring as Commodore in 1874. The William Ronckendorff papers, 1844-1896, chiefly contain naval orders and instructions documenting his service from 1859 to his retirement in 1874. Most items date from the Civil War, pertaining to his command of U.S. Ships Water Witch, San Jacinto, Ticonderoga, Powhatan, Monadnock, and Tonawanda. Ronckendorff's letter of November 21, 1862 to Gideon Welles (copy) describes his attempt to track the C.S.S. Alabama at Martinique; there are also instructions for the Monadnock on the James River at the fall of Richmond, April 1865, and a letter from Congressman Samuel J. Randall regarding Ronckerdorff's promotion prospects, 1870. Other items include his commission as Lieutenant, 1844, effective 1843, and incomplete instructions to his son George R. Ronckendorff upon his death, 1890. Also found are George R. Ronckendorff's passport, 1896, and a letter to him, 1894; a few genealogical notes and clippings; and a letter from [Philip McLachlin?] of Charleston, South Carolina expressing thanks to his friend Richard Dale at Philadelphia, dated May 12, [1817?].
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Carman, Ezra Ayers, 1834-1909
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 473
5.5 linear feet (12 boxes)
Ezra Ayers Carman (1834-1909) was a Civil War officer interested in the history of that war and particularly the Battle of Antietam. Carman served on the Antietam Battlefield Board from 1894 to 1898 and in 1905 was appointed chairman of the...
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Ezra Ayers Carman (1834-1909) was a Civil War officer interested in the history of that war and particularly the Battle of Antietam. Carman served on the Antietam Battlefield Board from 1894 to 1898 and in 1905 was appointed chairman of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park Commission at the insistence of the previous chairman, Henry V.N. Boynton. Carman also served as Chief Clerk in the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture from 1877 to 1885. His son, Dr. Louis D. Carman (1860-1936), was a medical examiner in the U.S. Pension Bureau from 1883 to 1933. Collection contains both personal papers and items collected by Ezra Carman and his son. Bulk of the materials concerns the Civil War and consists of letters to Carman describing battlefield tactics and events, Confederate documents, records of the U.S. Navy and War Depts., newsclippings, illustrations, maps, and papers of General Joseph Hooker. The collection also has Agriculture Dept. records during Carman's tenure as Chief Clerk and records of the U.S. Pension Bureau. In addition, there are personal papers of Louis Carman and Henry Boynton.
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Dahlgren, John Adolphus Bernard, 1809-1870
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 721
.3 linear feet (3 v.)
John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren (1809-1870), a United States naval officer, was commandant of the Washington Naval Yard. Collection contains papers of Dahlgren and his wife, Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren. Includes John Dahlgren's 1867 letterbook...
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John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren (1809-1870), a United States naval officer, was commandant of the Washington Naval Yard. Collection contains papers of Dahlgren and his wife, Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren. Includes John Dahlgren's 1867 letterbook concerning South Pacific Fleet matters; and journal he kept on board the U.S.S. Ontario on cruise from Brooklyn to Gibraltar and then on the U.S.S. Constellation in the Mediterranean, 1829-1831. Also, daily record of household expenses of Dahlgren's wife, 1877-1885; and a personal social register of calls she made and received in Washington, D.C.
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McLaughlin, J. T
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1946
.21 linear feet (1 volume)
J. T. McLaughlin, a midshipman in the United States Navy, kept this diary and logbook of the U.S.S. Erie and U.S.S. Boston. Log entries for the U.S.S. Erie date from September 1-October 3, 1828, during a voyage from New York to the West Indies,...
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J. T. McLaughlin, a midshipman in the United States Navy, kept this diary and logbook of the U.S.S. Erie and U.S.S. Boston. Log entries for the U.S.S. Erie date from September 1-October 3, 1828, during a voyage from New York to the West Indies, and from November 12, 1828-February 28, 1829. Log entries for the U.S.S. Boston date from June 30, 1830-January 9, 1831, during a voyage from New York to Mediterranean ports. McLaughlin's diary entries date from December 31, 1831 through January 9, 1832 and were made while he was kept at Port Mahon, recovering from dueling wounds. Entries include notes on rigging the ships, as well as transcriptions of poetry
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Guerriere (Frigate)
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 272
.21 linear feet (1 volume)
This volume was kept by John M. Berrien, midshipman in the United States Navy. It contains a log of the U.S.S. Guerriere, commanded by John Smith and bearing the broad pennant of Commodore Charles C.B. Thompson. Entries were made between February...
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This volume was kept by John M. Berrien, midshipman in the United States Navy. It contains a log of the U.S.S. Guerriere, commanded by John Smith and bearing the broad pennant of Commodore Charles C.B. Thompson. Entries were made between February 15 and June 19, 1829, as the ship sailed from the United States to Rio de Janeiro, Valparaiso, and Callao. The volume also contains a log of the U.S. frigate Brandywine, with entries from June 21-October 7, 1829, while the ship sailed from Callao and Rio de Janeiro to New York. The volume also includes a watercolor and a sketch of the Guerriere, as well as a sketch of the signal flags
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Blake, Homer Crane, 1822-1880
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 313
.6 linear feet (2 boxes)
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,...
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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.
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Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 3275
1.75 linear feet (7 boxes); 4 microfilm reels
Gideon Welles (1802-1878) was an American politician and editor. He served as Secretary of the Navy from 1861 to 1869 under Presidents Lincoln and Johnson after having political positions in Connecticut as a member of the Democratic Party. He left...
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Gideon Welles (1802-1878) was an American politician and editor. He served as Secretary of the Navy from 1861 to 1869 under Presidents Lincoln and Johnson after having political positions in Connecticut as a member of the Democratic Party. He left the party over the slavery question and became a Republican supporter. He edited and wrote political commentary for several newspapers in Connecticut. Collection consists of correspondence, official papers and writings of Welles. Bulk of the collection is correspondence mainly related to his public life and duties. Topics include political issues, the Civil War, operations of the Navy Dept., his political and literary endeavors, and family matters. Official papers contain memoranda, charters, contracts, and lists of ships and officers. Writings are drafts of articles, congressional reports, and notes on politics and the Civil War.
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Kearney, Lawrence
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1625
.21 linear feet (1 volume)
Lawrence Kearney was a lieutenant commander in the United States Navy in 1817, and continued a naval career through the time of his death in 1868. Kearney earned the rank of commodore in 1867. Lawrence Kearney's sketchbook contains colored...
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Lawrence Kearney was a lieutenant commander in the United States Navy in 1817, and continued a naval career through the time of his death in 1868. Kearney earned the rank of commodore in 1867. Lawrence Kearney's sketchbook contains colored drawings of locations along the Atlantic coast, including: Louisburg, Cape Breton Island; New Orleans, Louisiana; Havana, Cuba; and St. John's Harbor, Antigua. Also included are drawings of ships and forts and some specimens of natural history
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Independence (Ship : 1814-1913)
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 452
.08 linear feet (1 volume)
This volume was kept by Charles H. Caldwell, midshipman in the United States Navy, and served as the logbook of three ships: the U.S.S. Independence, U.S.S. Lynx, and U.S.S. Prometheus. Entries for the U.S.S. Independence were made from July...
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This volume was kept by Charles H. Caldwell, midshipman in the United States Navy, and served as the logbook of three ships: the U.S.S. Independence, U.S.S. Lynx, and U.S.S. Prometheus. Entries for the U.S.S. Independence were made from July 2-November 10, 1815, while the ship was commanded by Captain William N. Crane and bore the broad pennant of Commodore William Bainbridge and traveled from Boston to Tangiers, Gibraltar, Tripoli, Tunis, and Malaga before returning to Gibraltar. On October 7, 1815, Captain Crane was replaced by Captain Chas. H. Ridgeley when Crane transferred to the Erie (Ship). The Independence then sailed toward the United States with a squadron The log of the U.S.S. Lynx contains entries made from November 1, 1817 through January 10, 1818, when the ship was commanded by Lieutenant Commander John R. Madison. During this time, it sailed from Boston to New York, continuing (in company with the ships John Adams, Enterprise, and Prometheus) on to Charleston. The log records the sighting of several ships carrying slaves. At the port of Charleston the log ends and Lieutenant Caldwell transferred to the Prometheus Log entries from Caldwell's time on the Prometheus date from August 14-September 9, 1818, while the ship was commanded by Lieutenant William Bolton Finch and traveled from Charleston through the Bahamas into the Gulf of Mexico via the Windward Passage. The log ends at a latitude and longitude point at or near New Orleans
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Potomac (Frigate)
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1763
.08 linear feet (1 volume)
Logbook kept by Levi Lincoln, Jr., midshipman in the U. S. Navy, during a cruise of the U. S. Frigate Potomac, commanded by Captain John Downes, from Sandy Hook to Sumatra, August 26, 1831 to February 17, 1832. Includes two maps
Goldsborough, Louis Malesherbes, 1805-1877
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1169
1 linear foot (4 boxes); 2 microfilm reels
Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough (1805-1877), U.S. naval officer, was Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy. Collection consists of general incoming correspondence, 1821-1873, and official reports and letters received while Goldsborough...
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Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough (1805-1877), U.S. naval officer, was Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy. Collection consists of general incoming correspondence, 1821-1873, and official reports and letters received while Goldsborough commanded the USS Congress during the Civil War, and while commanding the European Squadron, 1866-1867. Also, correspondence concerning the American ships Congress, Frolic, Kearsarge, Canandaigua, Augusta, Colorado, Shamrock, Swatara, and Ticonderoga; and personal and family correspondence of his wife, Elizabeth Gamble Wirt, 1830-1873.
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Macedonian (Frigate : 1810-1828)
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1826
.1 linear feet (1 volume)
Midshipman John Reed, Jr. kept this logbook on board the U.S.S. Madeconian, a frigate commanded by Captain John Downes, while cruising for the most part in the Pacific Ocean, stopping at various ports in Central and South America
Lord, John
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1805
.5 linear feet (1 box, 1 volume)
This collection consists of material from U. S. Navy gunners John Lord and John R. Covington. Contents include regulations for U.S.S. Constitution; ordinance specifications of rigging and equipment of ships; formulas and tables in gunnery; gunners...
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This collection consists of material from U. S. Navy gunners John Lord and John R. Covington. Contents include regulations for U.S.S. Constitution; ordinance specifications of rigging and equipment of ships; formulas and tables in gunnery; gunners stores; and clippings related to the Constitution, its bell, and Jackson figurehead. Watercolor drawings by Lord depict the native costumes and views of Mediterranean countries, and of United States midshipmen of 1778 and 1827. Correspondence and a warrant for Covington are also contained herein
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Parrish, Joseph
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 2342
.21 linear feet (1 volume)
Joseph Parrish was a midshipman in the U.S. Navy stationed aboard the U.S. frigate Congress, Commodore Robert F. Stockton's flagship. The Congress traveled the Pacific coast from San Francisco to Mazatlan during the Mexican-American War. Parrish's...
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Joseph Parrish was a midshipman in the U.S. Navy stationed aboard the U.S. frigate Congress, Commodore Robert F. Stockton's flagship. The Congress traveled the Pacific coast from San Francisco to Mazatlan during the Mexican-American War. Parrish's journal, dated October 8, 1846 to November 11, 1847, contains a list of officers onboard the Congress and describes events in the conquest of California, such as assumption of command of American forces by Stockton, July 23, 1846; occupation of Los Angeles, August 13, and of San Pedro, October 27; and capture of Guaymas and Mazatlan. Commodore Stockton returned to the U.S. on June 28, 1847, leaving Lieutenant John W. Livingston in command. The latter was succeeded by Captain E.A.F. Lavallette on July 20, 1847. The journal contains 71 leaves
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Sawyer, Herbert, Sir, 1783-1833
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 2685
.77 linear feet (5 volumes)
Sir Herbert Sawyer was a Vice-Admiral in the British Navy. His letter books (4 vols.) and order book (1 vol.) contain copies of official correspondence with the Admiralty and others relating to routine matters, convoys, impressed American seamen,...
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Sir Herbert Sawyer was a Vice-Admiral in the British Navy. His letter books (4 vols.) and order book (1 vol.) contain copies of official correspondence with the Admiralty and others relating to routine matters, convoys, impressed American seamen, privateers, exchanges of prisoners, the U.S. grain trade with Spain, and other matters. The letters and orders from Sawyer are dated mostly at Bermuda, Halifax, and Cork
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Humphreys, Asheton Y.
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1463
.06 linear feet (1 volume)
One volume, containing a narrative of cruise of U.S.S. Constitution by Asheton Y. Humphreys, dated December 17, 1814 to March 26, 1815. Humphreys previously served as captain's clerk on the Constitution, and sailed this cruise as Chaplain of the...
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One volume, containing a narrative of cruise of U.S.S. Constitution by Asheton Y. Humphreys, dated December 17, 1814 to March 26, 1815. Humphreys previously served as captain's clerk on the Constitution, and sailed this cruise as Chaplain of the ship. On February 26, 1815, he was ordered aboard the British ship Levant as Purser The Constitution was led by Captain Charles Stewart. The narrative discusses the ship departing Boston; an account of food stores taken; the capture of British schooner Lord Nelson, British merchant ship Susan, and H. M. ships Cyane and Levant; repair of ships; morale of British officers and crews; voyage to Porto Praya, Cape Verde Islands to land prisoners; description of the port; escape of the Constitution and Cyane from three British men of war; recapture of the Levant by British; and the landing of the Levant in Barbados. Also included is a poem on Perry's victory on Lake Erie
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Hughes, Aaron Konkle
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1458
.75 linear feet (6 volumes)
This collection is comprised of 6 volumes: midshipman's logs of the U. S. frigate Constitution, March 13 1839 through September 16, 1840, and of the U. S. brigantine Boxer, April 21, 1842 through October 6, 1843; letter books while in command...
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This collection is comprised of 6 volumes: midshipman's logs of the U. S. frigate Constitution, March 13 1839 through September 16, 1840, and of the U. S. brigantine Boxer, April 21, 1842 through October 6, 1843; letter books while in command respectively of the U.S.S. Pensacola, the naval station at Port Royal, South Carolina, and the navy yard at Norfolk, Virginia, July 31, 1874 through August 5, 1879; letter book as Rear Admiral in command of the Pacific station, January 1, 1883 through March 31, 1884; and journal of the commander in chief of the Pacific squadron, as kept by Lieutenant John A. K. Nickels
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Argus (Brig)
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 6374
.13 linear feet (1 volume)
This logbook was kept on board the Argus, a United States Navy ship commanded by Brigadeer William H. Allen. Entries date from April 7-August 1, 1813 and describe cruising in Long Island Sound and past Sandy Hook, New Jersey and the Battery...
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This logbook was kept on board the Argus, a United States Navy ship commanded by Brigadeer William H. Allen. Entries date from April 7-August 1, 1813 and describe cruising in Long Island Sound and past Sandy Hook, New Jersey and the Battery (southern tip of Manhattan Island); sailing for L'Orient, France on June 19th with William H. Crawford, America's Minister to France, on board; burning the British schooner Salamanca; traveling from L'Orient to Groix and Scilly islands; cruising in the English Channel; and capturing the schooner Matilda and the brig Richard. Log entries end while Argus was in the Irish Sea, two weeks before she was taken by the British ship HMS Pelican
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Inderwick, James, -1815
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1500
.1 linear feet (1 volume)
Journal kept by ship surgeon James Inderwick from May 11 to August 21, 1813, on board U.S. Brig Argus, commanded by William H. Allen. The surgeon's journal contains daily sick reports and daily accounts of captures. On August 14, 1813, the Argus...
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Journal kept by ship surgeon James Inderwick from May 11 to August 21, 1813, on board U.S. Brig Argus, commanded by William H. Allen. The surgeon's journal contains daily sick reports and daily accounts of captures. On August 14, 1813, the Argus was surrendered to the British ship Pelican, and the journal includes a record of those wounded in action
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Long, J. Collings
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 3061
.04 linear feet (1 volume)
Internal regulations for the government of the U.S.S. Boston, issued by the Commander J. Collings Long in the New York Harbor, November 12, 1840. The regulations consist of 75 articles defining duties of the ship's personnel
Boxer (Ship)
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1801
.08 linear feet (1 volume)
This logbook was kept on board the U.S.S. Boxer by Timothy Gay, midshipman in the United States Navy, from March 13-July 18, 1816. The ship was commanded by Lieutenant John Porter. Entries describe cruises between Havana and New Orleans. Around...
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This logbook was kept on board the U.S.S. Boxer by Timothy Gay, midshipman in the United States Navy, from March 13-July 18, 1816. The ship was commanded by Lieutenant John Porter. Entries describe cruises between Havana and New Orleans. Around April 7, the Argus crew boarded and detained the Carthagenian Privateer "Comet," finding a cargo of gold and silver bars, and fourteen slaves taken from Saint Andrew Island. An entry describes two men found guilty of murder of the Governor of Saint Andrew Island. On June 3, Argus crew boarded the Brig "Hunter," from Cadiz, and learned that and officer and three men on the U.S.S. "Constellation" had been killed by the Spanish at Port Mahon and the American squadron there had been ordered to leave. Mentions ships carrying rum and sugar to foreign ports. Log is incomplete
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Evans, Amos A., 1785-1848
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 956
.15 linear feet (1 volume)
One volume containing the journal of Amos A. Evans, surgeon aboard the warship U.S.S. Independence during the Second Barbary War, dated May 21, 1815 to January 31, 1816. The Independence cruised as Commodore Bainbridge's flagship from Boston to...
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One volume containing the journal of Amos A. Evans, surgeon aboard the warship U.S.S. Independence during the Second Barbary War, dated May 21, 1815 to January 31, 1816. The Independence cruised as Commodore Bainbridge's flagship from Boston to Cartagena, Algiers, Tunis, Malaga, Gibraltar, and returned via Newport, Rhode Island. The surgeon's journal includes daily sick and accident lists, treatments prescribed, and notes on weather, as well as descriptions of an influenza epidemic onboard, and Commodore Bainbridge's bout with measles
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Lexington (Sloop)
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1748
.21 linear feet (1 volume)
This logbook of the U.S.S. Lexington was kept between July 13, 1837 and April 25, 1838 by Pierre Cortlandt Van Wyck, a midshipman in the United States Navy. The ship was commanded by John H. Clark and cruised from Portsmouth, New Hampshire and...
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This logbook of the U.S.S. Lexington was kept between July 13, 1837 and April 25, 1838 by Pierre Cortlandt Van Wyck, a midshipman in the United States Navy. The ship was commanded by John H. Clark and cruised from Portsmouth, New Hampshire and Boston to Rio de Janeiro, Valparaiso, Callao, Islay, and other locations
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Gilman, William Henry, 1826-1860
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1159
.06 linear feet (1 volume)
William Henry Gilman, of Exeter, NH, was secretary to Commodore John C. Long, United States Navy.
Clarke, William M. (William Malpas)
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 122
.08 linear feet (1 volume)
William M. Clarke, surgeon's mate in the United States Navy, kept this journal on board the U.S.S. President (a frigate) and the U.S.S. Argus (a brig), entering daily sick reports along with a brief log of the weather, names of vessels sighted and...
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William M. Clarke, surgeon's mate in the United States Navy, kept this journal on board the U.S.S. President (a frigate) and the U.S.S. Argus (a brig), entering daily sick reports along with a brief log of the weather, names of vessels sighted and captured, and other information. Entries for the U.S.S. President date from May 25-September 25, 1812 and for the U.S.S. Argus date from September 25, 1812 through April 23, 1813. The journal includes occasional pen sketches, and a monthly report of diseases on board the President from February through July 1812 is inserted
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Chandler, William, of Warminster
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 514
.29 linear feet (1 box)
These papers of William Chandler, Lieutenant in the United States Navy, include a logbook, a journal, text books and notes about seamanship and navigation, and other related materials. Included is a logbook of the U.S. prize schooner Patuxent...
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These papers of William Chandler, Lieutenant in the United States Navy, include a logbook, a journal, text books and notes about seamanship and navigation, and other related materials. Included is a logbook of the U.S. prize schooner Patuxent which Chandler, the ship's commander, kept from October 7-November 25, 1845 while en route from Monrovia to New York. The first part of the logbook is missing, and entries end while the ship was in Bermuda undergoing repairs. There are remarks about chronometer no. 114 at the back of the volume Chandler's journal of a cruise aboard the U.S.S. Constellation from Norfolk, Virginia to the West Indies, Key West, and Pensacola, Florida, contains entries made between July 28, 1835 and February 15, 1836. He mentions reinforcements and protection given to residents of Tampa, Florida. Other materials in the collection include text books on seamanship in the U.S. Navy (1832); watch, quarter, and station bills of the U.S.S. Grampus (1837); notes on seamanship (1839); stations and missives of the U.S.S. St. Mary's (1848); watch and quarter bills, stations, and missives of a frigate (1854); and a list of the leading lights of St. George's (Irish) Channel (1864)
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Brandywine (Frigate)
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 372
.42 linear feet (3 volumes)
These logbooks (3 vols.) of the frigate Brandywine were kept from June 6, 1848-December 11, 1850. The Brandywine was the flagship of Commodore George W. Storer, and Charles Boarman was Captain. The logs are contemporary copies kept while the ship...
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These logbooks (3 vols.) of the frigate Brandywine were kept from June 6, 1848-December 11, 1850. The Brandywine was the flagship of Commodore George W. Storer, and Charles Boarman was Captain. The logs are contemporary copies kept while the ship was stationed in the harbor of Rio de Janeiro and off Montevideo. Logs list officers on board and record weather conditions; routine occupations of the crew; gun practice; crew desertions; court martials; activities of other ships in the region, noting home ports and destinations Logs contain occasion entries of William Talbot Truxtun until he left the ship on December 16, 1848 to report for duty on board the "Perry." Entry for January 25, 1850 notes receipt on board of a box containing the remains of Commodore George W. Rogers brought from Buenos Aires on board the "St. Louis," by order of the Secretary of the Navy, for relay to the United States. March 10, 1850 entry records transfer of the remains and tombstone to the "Lexington" for conveyance to the United States. The log ends with the return of the ship to Wallabout Bay, Brooklyn, New York
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Conner, David, 1792-1856
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 642
5.7 linear feet (19 boxes)
David Conner (1792-1856) was a United States naval officer. He served as Navy Commissioner; chief of the Bureau of Construction, Equipment and Repair; commander of the U.S. naval force in the Gulf of Mexico during the war with Mexico; and...
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David Conner (1792-1856) was a United States naval officer. He served as Navy Commissioner; chief of the Bureau of Construction, Equipment and Repair; commander of the U.S. naval force in the Gulf of Mexico during the war with Mexico; and commandant of the naval base at Philadelphia. Collection consists of correspondence and official papers of Conner. Bulk of the collection is correspondence, mostly incoming, from Secretaries of the Navy, naval bureaucrats, ships' officers, crew members, U.S. consuls, foreign diplomats, and captains of ships in Conner's squadron. Also, official Navy Dept. instructions, sailing orders, diplomatic papers, instructions, secret intelligence reports, records of courts-martial, crew lists, and other papers concerning preparation for combat, deployment of ships, political conditions, and naval routines.
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Edwards, David S., d. 1874
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 963
.2 linear feet (1 box)
David S. Edwards (d. 1874) was a surgeon in the U.S. Navy and served on various warships. In 1857 he was appointed Surgeon of the Fleet for the Pacific Squadron. Collection consists of journal, orders and other papers related to Edwards's naval...
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David S. Edwards (d. 1874) was a surgeon in the U.S. Navy and served on various warships. In 1857 he was appointed Surgeon of the Fleet for the Pacific Squadron. Collection consists of journal, orders and other papers related to Edwards's naval career. Journal, 1818-1824, describes his voyages to the Cape of Good Hope, the Caribbean and the western Mediterranean. Described are ports of call and places visited including Algeria, Charleston (S.C.), Colombia, Gibraltar, Haiti, Italy, Morocco, and Tunisia. He writes about skirmishes with pirates, local customs, political matters, and social conditions. Collection also contains collateral naval papers, 1823-1865.
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