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- Creator
- Dahlgren, John Adolphus Bernard, 1809-1870
- Call number
- MssCol 721
- Physical description
- .3 linear feet (3 v.)
- Preferred Citation
- John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
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.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Purchase, 1930Using the collection
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
Access to materials
Request an in-person research appointment.Alternative form available
Letterbook, 1867, available on microfilm; New York Public Library