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- Creator
- Kearney, Lawrence
- Call number
- MssCol 1625
- Physical description
- .21 linear feet (1 volume)
- Preferred Citation
- Lawrence Kearney sketchbook, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
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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Places
- Antigua and Barbuda -- Landscape drawing
- Cape Breton Island (N.S.) -- Landscape drawing
- Havana (Cuba) -- Landscape drawing
- New Orleans (La.) -- Landscape drawing
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Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328
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