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Alden, Charles H.
Papers, 1841-1844

Journal of a cruise on USS Delaware.

1 volume

 

Allen, William H.
Papers, 1800-1838

92 items

 

Beach, Albert D.
Papers, 1870-1871

Journal of the Darien Exploring Expedition.

1 volume

 

Beaufort, Sir Francis
Papers, 1765-1953

2,143 items

 

Blair, James L.
Papers, 1845-1879

165 items

 

Bower, Lawrence F.
Collection, 1802-1904

Documents of the War of 1812 and Civil War collected by Lawrence Bower.

63 items

 

Bright, George A.
Papers, 1860-1932

Correspondence and journals of George Bright, a surgeon with the U.S. Navy. The two journals cover the period 1860-1899.

580 pieces

 

Destouches, Charles Rene Dominique Gochet
Papers, 1754-1804

117 items

Dudley, Thomas H.
Papers, 1843-1959

Includes documents on blockade running during the Civil War.

4,717 items

 

Dundas, Robert S.
Papers, 1812-1814

Robert Saunders Dundas was First Lord of the Admiralty.

42 items

 

Eaton, William
Papers, 1792-1829

William Eaton served as a Naval Agent.

42 items

 

Farragut, David G.
Papers, 1863-1880

102 items

 

Fox, Gustavus V.
Papers, 1861-1882

Gustavus Fox served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy from 1861-1866.

109 items

 

Glazier, James E.
Papers, 1861-1922

Includes material on hospital ships.

174 items

 

 

Harbeck, Charles T.
Collection, 1732-1915

Material collected by Charles Harbeck relating to the U.S. Navy.

539 items

 

Howe, Earl Richard
Papers, 1776-1799

Admiral Howe served in the Royal Navy and commanded British forces in North American waters during the American Revolution. 

408 items

 

Jenkins, Thornton A.
Papers, 1846-1892

59 items

 

Jennet, Pierre Joseph
Papers, 1776-1783

Livre de Bord kept by a French officer of Marines during six campaigns in the West Indies and Chesapeake Bay.

1 item

 

Jones, John Paul
Papers, 1776-1789

42 pieces

 

Lessing, Benson J.
Papers, 1880-1895

Letters to Edwin John Lossing, found in the Benson J. Lossing collection.

9 items

 

Maury, Matthew F.
Papers, 1755-1900

Commander Matthew Fontaine Maury served in the U.S. Navy until resigning his commission to serve in the Confederate Navy during the Civil War.  These papers are found in the Maury Family Collection.

165 items

 

U.S. Naval Office, San Francisco
Records, 1851-1858

1 volume

 

U.S. Navy
Records, 1853-1884

Official correspondence.

1 volume

 

Nelson, Horatio
Papers, 1777-1805

Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson served in the Royal Navy.

280 items

 

USS Olympia
Records, 1895-1899

275 items

 

Peshine, John H. H.
Papers, 1849-1903

John Henry Hobart Peshine served as an officer in the U.S. Navy and Army, and was Military Attaché to Spain.

800 items

 

Pocock, George
Papers, 1733-1793

Sir George Pocock served in the Royal Navy.

1,170 items

 

Poor, Charles H.
Papers, 1869-1870

Letters to the officers of the North Atlantic Fleet and to George Maxwell Robeson, Secretary of the Navy.

2 volumes

 

Porter, David D.
Papers, 1861-1866

750 items

 

Price, Rodman McC.
Papers, 1842-1890

256 items

 

Shovell, Cloudisley
Papers, 1690-1705

Admiral Shovell served in the Royal Navy.  These papers are found in the Shovell-Rooke Papers.

85 items

 

Smith, John H.
Papers, 1835

Papers concerning the Navy of Virginia in the War of the Revolution. Collected from the Journals of the Committee of Safety.

 

Smith, Richard T.
Papers, 1865

Journal kept by Union orderlyRichard Tyson Smith on USS Chenango from February to July 1865.

1 item

 

Smith-Spooner Collection
Papers

Charles William Spooner was a Union naval officer, European traveler, and New York City attorney. The collection contains material concerning Charles William Spooner and his service as an Ensign aboard the gunboat USS Reindeer in the Civil War. Also included in the collection is Informative Notes and Instructions for U.S. Naval Officers, ca. 1863.

 

Spence-Lowell
Collection, 1740-1958

Includes material relating to Purser Keith Spence, the U.S. Navy, and the Tripolitan War.

321 items

 

Thompson, Charles P.
Papers, 1865-1870

Pay and tax tables of the U.S. Navy.

 

Truxton, Thomas
Papers, 1795-1817

13 items

Wells, Gideon
Papers, 1846-1902

Gideon Wells served as Secretary of the Navy from 1861-1869.

600 items

 

Woodworth, Selim E.
Papers, 1834-1947

1,600 items

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20 May 2003