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Repository List for Rhode Island
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Naval Historical Center, 805 Kidder Breese St SE, Washington Navy Yard, DC 20374-5060

Rhode Island Historical Society
110 Benevolent Street
Providence, RI 02906
Alden, Georgianna A.
Papers, 1842-1846
The collection includes letters from her father, Reverend Charles H. Alden, a Navy chaplain.
0.25 feet
Brown Family
Papers, 1816-1892
The Brown Family Papers include material relating to Jeremiah Brown and William S. Brown, officers in the Texas Navy.
300 items
DeWolf Family
Papers, 1751-1864
The DeWolf Family Papers include documents referring to the privateers Yankee, Macdonough, and Yankee Lass.
950 items and 5 volumes
Flint, Henry S.
Papers, 1841
Typescript reminiscences of a seaman on board USS Brandywine.
1 volume
Hopkins, Esek
Papers, 1677-1799
4 volumes
Kelly, Wilbur
Papers, 1862
A letter from Robert Kelly to his wife, written on board USS Mississippi.
1 item
Maritime Court
Records, 1776
Minute Book Number 3.
1 volume
Parsons, Usher
Papers, 1812-1868
15 items and 3 volumes
Perry, Oliver H.
Papers, 1811-1817
Includes original documents and research notes.
0.25 feet
Phillips, Samuel
Papers, 1779-1783
A memorandum of his naval service.
3 pages
Potter, Thomas M.
Papers, 1833-1890
Papers of naval surgeon Thomas M. Potter.
0.25 feet
Providence and Warren
Records, 1776
Journal of the shipbuilding committee for these ships of the Continental Navy.
1 volume
Quonset Point-Davisville
Records, 1939-1946
Material documenting the growth of the Quonset Point Naval Air Station and Davisville Construction Battalion Center during World War II.
6 feet
Sessions Family
Papers, 1864-1865
Includes ten letters by Sandford D. Stalker on board USS Cincinnati.
10 items
Talbot, Silas
Papers, 1779-1781
3 volumes
Waterman, Zuriel
Papers, 1779-1781
The Papers of Zuriel Waterman include journals kept by a surgeon on board the privateers Providence, Fortune, Rambler, and Chace.
3 volumes
Whipple, Abraham
Papers, 1766-1786
40 items and 1 volume
8 June 2002