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Barron, Samuel, 1765-1810. Papers, 1793-1942.

Title: Papers, 1793-1942.

Papers and correspondence of three generations of Samuel Barrons, all of whom were involved in naval affairs. Papers, 1793-1809, of Samuel Barron (1765-1810), commander of one of the Mediterranean squadrons sent to defeat Tripoli. Papers concern naval business and the War with Tripoli. Includes correspondence with his brother James Barron, Stephen Decatur, William Eaton (concerning his controversy with Tobias Lear over the Tripolitan peace settlement), Tobias Lear, Edward Preble, John Rodgers, Robert Smith (Secretary of the Navy), and Thomas Truxton. Includes letters written by Preble and Rodgers on board the USS Constitution and letters concerning the capture of William Bainbridge and the seamen of the USS Philadelphia. Collections includes manuscript volume, 1834-1847, of sea service of Samuel Barron (1808-1888) aboard ships in Carribbean and Mediterranean seas and includes a copy made by Samuel Barron (1836-1892) of an account by James Barron of his duel with Decatur. The volume also has genealogical material concerning the Barron family. Papers of Samuel Barron (1808-1888) concern his service off South America and as an officer of Confederate States Navy in command of the European theater. Correspondents include Zebulon Baird Vance, Stephen R. Mallory and Raphael Semmes (giving an account of the engagement between the USS Kearsage and the CSS Alabama). There is a memoir by James Barron Hope in vindication of the censure of Samuel Barron for the loss of Fort Hatteras, N.C., and there are some papers relating to the service of Samuel Barron (1836-1892) as acting master and lieutenant in the Confederate States Navy.

ArchivalResource: 538 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/21181845 View

Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (Philadelphia, Pa.). Philadelphia Naval Shipyard records, 1832-1877 [manuscript].

Title: Philadelphia Naval Shipyard records, 1832-1877 [manuscript].

Office files (intermittent) of successive commandants of the Philadelphia navy yard, including communications from various officials of the Navy, including the Secretary of the Navy; the Bureau of Construction, Equipment, & Repairs; Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting, 1863; and other departments of the Navy. Also included is a letterpress copybook, 1832-1835, of James Barron at the navy yard, and official daily reports on activities, 1836-1837.

ArchivalResource: 1500 items. (3.0 linear feet).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22978651 View

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter, 1807 May 23, Washington [D.C.] to James Barron, Hampton, [Virginia].

Title: Letter, 1807 May 23, Washington [D.C.] to James Barron, Hampton, [Virginia].

Asks him to convey letter to Mr. Higgins at Malta.

ArchivalResource: 1 p. on 1 leaf ; 25 cm. x 40 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62286174 View

Barnes, John S. (John Sanford), 1836-1911. Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection, 1756-1931.

Title: Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection, 1756-1931.

The collection consists of more than 1,100 letters, clippings, reprints, and other documents amassed by John Sanford Barnes and others to, from, and about notable persons including many with named series in the Naval History Society Collection (e.g., William Bainbridge, John Barry , French E. Chadwick, Gustavus Conyngham, Gustavus Vasa Fox, Caspar F. Goodrich, Isaac Hull, John Paul Jones, Richard Worsam Meade 3rd, Oliver Hazard Perry, and Henry A. Wise). Highlights of the series include documents signed by Presidents John Quincy Adams and James Madison; others signed by John C. Calhoun, Salmon P. Chase, Richard Henry Dana, David Farragut, Robert Fulton, John Hancock, Rufus King, Seth Low, Robert Morris, and Matthew C. Perry; and a lock of Abraham Lincoln's hair removed after his death and sent by Robert Todd Lincoln to Gustavus Vasa Fox at the latter's request. Among David Porter's letters are cartoons and drawings by him, including one of animal-headed naval officers listening to explanations of the value of steam-powered vessels, which complement others in the Naval History Society's Fox collection. The William Smith folder includes a map of an attack on Whampoa, China, in 1870. It is unclear what Barnes's connection was to Nikola Tesla: letters from him indicate that he had visited Barnes in New York in 1904.

ArchivalResource: 1.3 linear ft. (3 boxes)

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Barron, James, 1769-1851. Philadelphia Navy Yard collection, 1831-1865.

Title: Philadelphia Navy Yard collection, 1831-1865.

Consists chiefly of official correspondence and a few documents related to the operations of the Philadelphia Navy Yard starting in the 1830s and leading up to the Civil War. The collection numbers over 500 letters and orders written by personnel of various U.S. Navy Department bureaus and its Commissioner's Office to commanders of the Philadelphia Navy Yard, providing a very clear picture of the function of the various bureaus in the construction and outfitting of naval ships.

ArchivalResource: 0.6 linear ft. (1 archival box, 1 half-size archival box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/429426569 View

War of 1812 mss., 1776-1879

Title: War of 1812 mss., 1776-1879

Consists of individual items acquired separately either as a gift or purchase from a variety of sources, relating to the War of 1812.

ArchivalResource: 3181 items

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Decatur, Stephen, 1779-1820. Letterbook, 1801-1820 (inclusive), 1801-1805, 1820 (bulk).

Title: Letterbook, 1801-1820 (inclusive), 1801-1805, 1820 (bulk).

Letters and orders of the United States Navy Department; details of the naval campaign in the Mediterranean against Tripoli and other Barbary states; also letters concerning the duel between Stephen Decatur and James Barron, 1820.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ; 26 cm.

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Barron, James, 1761-1851. Papers, 1831-1836.

Title: Papers, 1831-1836.

Group of 16 letters received from John Rodgers, Isaac Chauncey and others regarding maintenance of ships at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 1831-1836.

ArchivalResource: 16 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52083020 View

Caesar Rodney correspondence, 1749-1823.

Title: Caesar Rodney correspondence, 1749-1823.

Collection consists of letters from Rodney to his brother Thomas and to Henry Laurens, and letters to Rodney from various political figures.

ArchivalResource: .3 linear foot (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122532346 View

United States. Navy. Papers, 1831-1877.

Title: Papers, 1831-1877.

Letters, general orders, court-martial records, regulations, etc., addressed to officials at the Navy Yard, Philadelphia. Among the commanders mentioned are James Barron, Charles Stewart, Captain George C. Read, and others. Some of the letters and documents bear the signature of Levi Woodbury, John Boyle, Mahlon Dickerson, A. P. Upshur, and George Bancroft.

ArchivalResource: ca. 150 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122380292 View

Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784. Correspondence, 1749-1823

Title: Caesar Rodney correspondence 1749-1823

Caesar Rodney (1720-1784), statesman, was a colonial legislator in Delaware and representative to the Stamp Act Congress and to the Continental Congress. He served as a major-general in the Delaware militia, signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776, and was president of Delaware from 1778 to 1781. Collection consists of letters from Rodney to his brother Thomas and to Henry Laurens, and letters to Rodney from various political figures. Also, letters to his nephew Caesar Augustus Rodney, who served as U.S. Attorney-General from 1807 to 1811, was U.S. Senator from Delaware, and was appointed the first U.S. Minister to the Argentine Republic.

ArchivalResource: .3 linear foot (1 box)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/2602 View

Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough Papers, 1797-1874

Title: Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough Papers 1797-1874

Naval officer. Correspondence, military records, financial papers, printed material, illustrations, and other papers concerning Goldsborough's career in the United States Navy.

ArchivalResource: 8,000 items; 27 containers plus 1 oversize; 7.2 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009046 View

Montagu, Percy,. Collection of historical letters autographs and photographs [manuscript], 1793-1907.

Title: Collection of historical letters autographs and photographs [manuscript], 1793-1907.

A collection of letters, autographs, and photographs of prominent Americans, including: In a letter, 1793 February 18, Thomas Jefferson requests that Beverley Randolph serve on a commission to treat with the N.W. Indians at Sandusky, Ohio, and establish a boudary line between U. S. and Indian land. In a letter, 1828 October 21, James Barron to Samuel Lewis Southard, Barron writes to the Secretary of the Navy recommending Alexander Stephenson to a gunner's appointment. A commission, 1834 May 3, signed by Andrew Jackson as President and Louis McLane as Secretary of State; also included are three engravings of Jackson. In a letter, 1843 April 2, Robert E. Lee to William Berkeley Lewis, Lee encloses a letter [not extant] to John Powell Brent which he asks Lewis to forward. Three engravings of Lee are included; an autographed quotation, 1907 January 21, by Mark Twain (portrait attached); and an autograph of Mary Anderson (portrait attached) and a program from the actress' New York production of The Daughter of Roland.

ArchivalResource: 9 tems.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647845762 View

Montagu, Percy. Collection of historical letters autographs and photographs, 1793-1907.

Title: Collection of historical letters autographs and photographs, 1793-1907.

This is a collection of letters, autographs, and photographs of prominent Americans, including: a letter, 1793 February 18, Thomas Jefferson, Philadelphia, to Governor Beverley Randolph; Jefferson, as Secretary of State under Washington, writes that there will be an assembly of some 3,000 Northern and Western Indians at Sandusky in the coming spring. Jefferson and Washington want Randolph to be on the commission representing the South. In the letter Jefferson discusses travel and lodging arrangements as well as pay. An etching of Jefferson is included. In a letter, 1828 October 21, James Barron to Samuel Lewis Southard, Barron writes to the Secretary of the Navy recommending Alexander Stephenson to a gunner's appointment. A commission, 1834 May 3, signed by Andrew Jackson as President and Louis McLane as Secretary of State; also included are three engravings of Jackson. In a letter, 1843 April 2, Robert E. Lee to William Berkeley Lewis, Lee encloses a letter [not extant] to John Powell Brent which he asks Lewis to forward. Three engravings of Lee are included; an autographed quotation, 1907 January 21, by Mark Twain (portrait attached); and an autograph of Mary Anderson (portrait attached) and a program from the actress' New York production of The Daughter of Roland.

ArchivalResource: 10 tems.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32135357 View

Rodgers, John, 1773-1838. John Rodgers papers, 1796-1908, bulk 1801-1836.

Title: John Rodgers papers, 1796-1908, bulk 1801-1836.

The John Rodgers papers contain naval Commander Rodger's professional correspondence from shortly before his first naval commission through the end of his career. The papers provide a wealth of information on nearly every aspect of Rodgers' career, from his blockading and diplomatic activities during the Barbary Wars through his brief tenure as Secretary of the United States Navy.

ArchivalResource: 1.5 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/759916811 View

Dickerson, Mahlon, 1770-1853. Letter : Navy Department, [Washington, D.C.], to James Barron, Philadelphia, 1836 Dec. 23.

Title: Letter : Navy Department, [Washington, D.C.], to James Barron, Philadelphia, 1836 Dec. 23.

ALS.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 25 x 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29526519 View

Monroe, James, 1758-1831. Letter to Dr. James Wallace [manuscript], 1830 January 26.

Title: Letter to Dr. James Wallace [manuscript], 1830 January 26.

The letter, 1830 January 26, from James Monroe at Oak Hill to Dr. James Wallace, describes his journey by steamboat from Richmond down the James and on to Baltimore. He also discusses his deteriorating health. Commodore Barron is mentioned.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647881043 View

Davidson, Robin I.,. Robin I. Davidson collection, 1775-1985 1775-1929.

Title: Robin I. Davidson collection, 1775-1985 1775-1929.

The bulk of this collection consists of personal letters and miscellaneous documents from the War of Independence through the American Civil War acquired by Captain Davidson. The collection also includes a number or prints and autographs of famous naval personalities of the Civil War. The post-Civil War material contains an interesting letter from Alfred Thayer Mahan concerning the review of his book The War of 1812, several ships' newspapers published in the early years of the 20th century, and a small collection of ships' menus from the same era. One of the most notable items (No. 103) is the menu from the US Flagship Kearsarge, at Kiel, Germany, for 27 June 1903 signed by Kaiser Wilhelm. The post 1927 material consists of postal covers, ephemera and souvenirs.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 cubic ft. 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58565098 View

Barron, James, 1769-1851. James Barron correspondence, 1837.

Title: James Barron correspondence, 1837.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79450157 View

Tripolitan War collection, 1804-1805.

Title: Tripolitan War collection, 1804-1805.

The Tripolitan War Collection, 1804-1805, includes two booklets containing details of courts-martial held in June 1804 on board the frigate Congress, bound for Tripoli. With William Eaton (1764-1811) acting as Judge Advocate and Capt. John Rodgers (1773-1838) presiding, the trials involved seamen and a midshipman from the frigate President, commanded by Samuel Barron ( -1810). The records consist of orders signed by Commodore Barron, a copy of a "mutinous" letter of complaint written by seaman Robert Quinn ( - ), and details of his and others' severe sentences for mutiny, desertion, and absence without leave. There is also a letter in Arabic, with Italian translation, written by Bashaw Caramalli Hamet ( - ) in 1805, and a letterbook kept by Commodore Samuel Barron, 17-30 August 1804, which contains mainly copies of letters pertaining to the American blockade of Tripoli, written by Barron, commander-in-chief, and James Simpson ( - ), American counsul in Tangier, to John Rodgers and James Barron (1768-1851), fellow commanders of American ships in Tangier Bay. The letters are a record of the watchful movements of the American navy during the blockade, the movements of Moorish warships, and the results of Simpson's diplomatic dealings with the Emperor of Morocco. The collection also includes a volume containing a quarter bill, 1804, for the U.S.S. Constitution under the command of Edward Preble (1761-1807). It is a list of crew members and their ranks.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder (5 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/207175534 View

Watson, John F. (John Fanning), 1779-1860. Correspondence of John Fanning Watson, 1805-1845.

Title: Correspondence of John Fanning Watson, 1805-1845.

Personal correspondence John Fanning Watson, chiefly letters addressed to him. Correspondents include members of the Adams, Barron, Fanning, Watson, and other prominent Pennsylvania and New York families. Included are letters from the children of Azel Backus, a Congregational clergyman and first president of Hamilton College, Edmund Fanning (1769-1841), and James Barron (1768-1851).

ArchivalResource: 165 pieces.2 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122383388 View

Clark, Allen C. (Allen Culling), 1858-1943. Allen C. Clark papers, 1879-1943.

Title: Allen C. Clark papers, 1879-1943.

Autobiographical and biographical materials, correspondence, essays, newspaper clippings, and research notes, relating chiefly to Clark's interest in the history of Washington, D.C.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70939634 View

Rodgers, John, 1773-1838. Letter, August 31, 1836.

Title: Letter, August 31, 1836.

Letter of August 31, 1836, Washington, D.C. to Commodore James Barron, Philadelphia, PA regarding procedures for stowing cargo of vessels of war, including an accounting of articles and method of delivering the account to the Board of Naval Commissioners.

ArchivalResource: 1 item, 8" x 12".

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/707351511 View

Barraud, Philip, 1757-1830. Letters, 1791-1827, to St. George Tucker.

Title: Letters, 1791-1827, to St. George Tucker.

Letters written from Williamsburg and Norfolk concerning Simon Bernard, John Hartwell Cocke, Bishop James Madison and John Randolph of Roanoke; Barraud's medical practice, life in Williamsburg and Norfolk; a trip to Jamestown; yellow fever epidemics in 1800 and 1821; the College of William and Mary; Chesapeake-Leopard affair and the court-martial of James Barron; the War of 1812; and the University of Virginia. Also includes letters written by Anne Blaws (Hansford) Barraud, Daniel Cary Barraud, Otway Byrd Barraud, Thomas Jefferson, J.T. Mason, Bishop James Madison and William Tazewell and letters written to Joseph C. Cabell, Thomas Jefferson and Lelia (Skipwith) Carter Tucker.

ArchivalResource: 2 v. ; cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19927883 View

Brooke, John M. (John Mercer), 1826-1906. John M. Brooke papers, 1859-1898 [manuscript].

Title: John M. Brooke papers, 1859-1898 [manuscript].

Letters, 1861-1863, from Brooke to his wife; letters, 1896 and 1898, from Barton H. Wise to Brooke; Brooke's diary, 1859-1860, at Yokohama, Japan; and his nautical log and personal diary, February-March 1860, kept while he sailed to California on a Japanese ship, the Kanrin Maru, which was on a diplomatic mission to the United States. Letters from Brooke to his wife, Elizabeth (Lizzie) Seldon Garnett Brooke, concern his daughter's illness and other family matters; letters from Barton H. Wise ask whether Brooke consulted Commodore James Barron's "Model of an Ironclad" when Brooke helped Mallory develop the "Merrimac." The diary Brooke kept in Yokohama reports his work and social activities, and describes Yokohama and the Japanese people with whom Brooke had contact. The diary Brooke kept on board the Japanese ship records position and winds, events on shipboard, physical descriptions of Japanese officers, necessary Japanese phrases, observations on discipline and organization of the Japanese crew, and comments on the ship's history and equipment.

ArchivalResource: 12 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26243089 View

James Barron letters, 1820, 1823, 1826, 1831

Title: James Barron letters 1820, 1823, 1826, 1831

1820 letter refers to duel in which James Barron killed Stephen Decatur, a prominent naval officer.

ArchivalResource: 0.1; 1 folder

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/7032 View

Van Deventer, Christopher, d. 1838. Christopher Van Deventer papers, 1799-1925.

Title: Christopher Van Deventer papers, 1799-1925.

The Christopher Van Deventer papers contain incoming and outgoing correspondence and documents concerning the War of 1812, the politics of the 1810s and 1820s, and the political career of John C. Calhoun.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/740231722 View

Barron, James, 1769-1851. Papers of James Barron, 1831-1849.

Title: Papers of James Barron, 1831-1849.

Correspondence, chiefly circulars received from the U.S. Board of Navy Commissioners and signed by John Rodgers and William A. Harris, relating to Barron's duties as commanding officer of the U.S. Navy Yard, Philadelphia. Subjects include ship construction, outfitting and repairs, appropriations, and the defense of the yard. Other correspondents include Samuel M. Barclay and Samuel Burch.

ArchivalResource: 57 items.1 container.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71130888 View

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. To James Monroe regarding Commodore James Barron and of the esteem he felt for Monroe's friendship [manuscript] 1821 Sept. 27.

Title: To James Monroe regarding Commodore James Barron and of the esteem he felt for Monroe's friendship [manuscript] 1821 Sept. 27. 1821.

ArchivalResource: 1 letter.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647960125 View

Barron, James, 1769-1851. Papers, 1776-1899.

Title: Papers, 1776-1899.

Correspondence and papers of Commodore James Barron relating to his career in the United States Navy, and especially relating to the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair in 1807 and to his duel with Stephen Decatur. Collection includes photocopies of patents issued to Barron for his inventions and a typescript of William Oliver Stevens' An Affair of Honor, a biography of Barron. Correspondents include John Adams, Duff Green, Jesse Duncan Elliott, Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, Amos Kendall, and Abel P. Upshur.

ArchivalResource: 2, 759 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/21135440 View

Barron, James, 1769-1851. James Barron Court-Martial papers.

Title: James Barron Court-Martial papers.

The documents in this collection pertain to the Chesapeake-Leopard incident of June 22, 1807. The collection includes the minutes of both the preliminary court of inquiry and the actual court martial proceedings. It includes correspondence from L. Tazewill.

ArchivalResource: ca. 300 pages

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191881718 View

Woodbury, Levi, 1789-1851. Letter, October 30, 1832.

Title: Letter, October 30, 1832.

Letter of SecNav Woodbury to Commodore James Barron, CO, Philadelphia Navy Yard, October 30, 1832, regarding permission for midshipmen to attend Naval School at Norfolk.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17997225 View

Barron family. Papers, 1802-1841.

Title: Papers, 1802-1841.

These papers contain personal and official correspondence relating to the American squadron fighting the Tripolitan pirates, the "Chesapeake," the presidental election of 1824, and James Barron's retirement from the Philadelphia Navy Yard, among other topics. Correspondents include William Bainbridge, James Biddle, John Branch, John Buchanan, George Davis, Stephen Decatur, John Floyd, Tobias Lear, and J.B. Mower.

ArchivalResource: 26 items (52 leaves)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122395323 View

Chesapeake (Frigate). Journal of the frigate Chesapeake, 1807 May 9-27.

Title: Journal of the frigate Chesapeake, 1807 May 9-27.

"A journal kept on board the United States Frigate Chesapeake of 38 guns, commanded by James Barron, Commander," by Alexander S. Wadsworth, midshipman. Back of book has general orders for frigate President under the command of Capt. William Bainbridge.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/183192798 View

David Glasgow Farragut Papers, 1816-1869

Title: David Glasgow Farragut Papers 1816-1869

Naval officer. Correspondence, letterbooks, biographical file, invitations, and other material relating primarily to Farragut's naval activities, especially his role in the protection of American interests in Mexico during the pre-Civil War period.

ArchivalResource: 400 items; 1 container; 0.4 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010187 View

Christopher Van Deventer papers 1799-1925 Van Deventer, Christopher, papers

Title: Christopher Van Deventer papers 1799-1925 Van Deventer, Christopher, papers

The Christopher Van Deventer papers contain incoming and outgoing correspondence and documents concerning the War of 1812, the politics of the 1810s and 1820s, and the political career of John C. Calhoun.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear feet

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-1164.1van?rgn=main;view=text View

Rodgers family. Rodgers family papers, 1791-1885 bulk 1800-1830.

Title: Rodgers family papers, 1791-1885 bulk 1800-1830.

This collection contains more than seventy volumes of records pertaining to John Rodgers's naval career, including correspondence, general orders, requisition books, and ships' logs. Similar records highlight the careers of Commodore Matthew C. Perry, Rear Admiral John Rodgers, Rear Admiral Frederick Rodgers, Rear Admiral John Augustus Rodgers, Captain George Washington Rodgers, Commodore John D. Henley, naval Purser Henry Denison, and Midshipman Frederick Rodgers. Civil Engineer and Civil War Colonel Robert Smith Rodgers is represented by diaries, accounts, and correspondence. A handful of personal papers concern other members of the extended Rodgers family, including Minerva (Denison) Rodgers, Sarah (Perry) Rodgers, Julia (Slidell) Rodgers, John Slidell, Jane (Slidell) Perry, and Louisa Rodgers.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes, 157 vols., (12.25 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122365009 View

Myers, Moses, 1752-1835. Myers Papers (II).

Title: Myers Papers (II).

Papers of Moses Myers, and his sons Samuel Myers (1790-1829) lawyer in Norfolk, Pensacola, Fla., John Myers (1787-1830) merchant of Norfolk and Myer Myers of Norfolk, Va. and daughter Adeline Myers. Also includes letters of Caroline Marx Barton to Julia Grammer Barton Myers, and of L.H. Wirt to Judith Marx. Includes letters of Joseph Marx Myers. There are letters of the Marx and Gratz families as well as correspondence with Jewish merchants in Richmond, New York, Montreal, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Charleston, S.C. Prominent correspondents include Stephen Girard, Abel P. Upshur, William Wirt, James Barron, Littleton Waller Tazewell, and Henry Clay.

ArchivalResource: ca. 1800 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52780020 View

Isaac Chauncey papers 1801-1818 Chauncey, Isaac papers

Title: Isaac Chauncey papers 1801-1818 Chauncey, Isaac papers

This collection holds official letters, letterbooks, and documents of the American naval commander Isaac Chauncey, who served during the Franco-American War, the War of 1812, and both Barbary Wars. The material largely concerns naval administration during Chauncey's command of the American navy in Lake Ontario and naval operations in the Mediterranean during the Second Barbary War.

ArchivalResource: 0.75 linear feet

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-1266cha?rgn=main;view=text View

Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (Philadelphia, Pa.). Office of the Commanding Naval Officer. Letters received, 1831-1842.

Title: Letters received, 1831-1842.

Collection of letters received by the Commanding Officer of the Philadelphia Navy Yard, sent by the U.S. Navy Department, Board of Navy Commissioners, including 59 signed by John Rodgers, 58 by Isaac Chauncey, 1 by A.P. Upshur and 61 by Lewis Warrington. The letters concern the refitting, outfitting and building of ships at the yard, and while many refer to enclosures no longer with the letter, some include specifications and prices for timber, masts, sails, ordnance, etc. Some ships mentioned are the Pennsylvania, the Warren, the Raritan and the Enterprise.

ArchivalResource: 183 items (1 clamshell box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57469468 View

John Rodgers papers 1796-1908 1801-1836 Rodgers, John papers

Title: John Rodgers papers 1796-1908 1801-1836 Rodgers, John papers

The John Rodgers papers contain naval Commander Rodger's professional correspondence from shortly before his first naval commission through the end of his career. The papers provide a wealth of information on nearly every aspect of Rodgers' career, from his blockading and diplomatic activities during the Barbary Wars through his brief tenure as Secretary of the United States Navy.

ArchivalResource: 1.5 linear feet

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-2502rod?rgn=main;view=text View