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French, W. B. W.B. French letter, 1818 Oct. 12.

Title: W.B. French letter, 1818 Oct. 12.

W. B. French relays orders to Lieut. Charles H. Caldwell of the PROMETHEUS in an effort to prevent smuggling of goods to New Orleans, La.

ArchivalResource: 1 letter.

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Caldwell, Charles Henry Bromedge, 1823-1877. Caldwell plans for night and dead calm signal codes 1865.

Title: Caldwell plans for night and dead calm signal codes 1865.

Two color drawings and one letter. The drawings, which were most likely by Commander Charles Henry Bromedge Caldwell in 1865, offer suggestions for a newly modified system of signal codes for night and dead calm conditions. The new signals relied on 4 storm lanterns with several different colored lenses. It is unknown if Caldwell's ideas were ever implemented by the Bureau of Navigation. The letter, addressed to Rear Admiral Charles Davis, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, and dated Mar. 1, 1865, appears to be a 2nd draft and was most likely written by Caldwell who was then in charge of the USS R.R. Cuyler.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

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Caldwell, Charles Henry Bromedge. Papers, 1864.

Title: Papers, 1864.

While Caldwell was Commander of the U.S. steamship GLAUCUS in 1864, he was ordered by the Navy Department to transport M. Murillo Toro, newly elected President of the United States of Columbia. The collection includes a letter ordering the aforesaid transport of Murillo and three letters commending Caldwell and his crew for this endeavor. Also contains two clippings, one concerning a fire on the GLAUCUS while Caldwell was on blockade duty off the North Carolina coast (1864), the other relates to Murillo's passage on the GLAUCUS.

ArchivalResource: 6 items.

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Independence (Ship : 1814-1913). Logbook of the U.S.S. Independence, U.S.S. Lynx, and U.S.S. Prometheus, 1815-1818.

Title: Logbook of the U.S.S. Independence, U.S.S. Lynx, and U.S.S. Prometheus, 1815-1818.

This volume was kept by Charles H. Caldwell, midshipman in the United States Navy, and served as the logbook of three ships: the U.S.S. Independence, U.S.S. Lynx, and U.S.S. Prometheus. Entries for the U.S.S. Independence were made from July 2-November 10, 1815, while the ship was commanded by Captain William N. Crane and bore the broad pennant of Commodore William Bainbridge and traveled from Boston to Tangiers, Gibraltar, Tripoli, Tunis, and Malaga before returning to Gibraltar. On October 7, 1815, Captain Crane was replaced by Captain Chas. H. Ridgeley when Crane transferred to the Erie (Ship). The Independence then sailed toward the United States with a squadron. The log of the U.S.S. Lynx contains entries made from November 1, 1817 through January 10, 1818, when the ship was commanded by Lieutenant Commander John R. Madison. During this time, it sailed from Boston to New York, continuing (in company with the ships John Adams, Enterprise, and Prometheus) on to Charleston. The log records the sighting of several ships carrying slaves. At the port of Charleston the log ends and Lieutenant Caldwell transferred to the Prometheus. Log entries from Caldwell's time on the Prometheus date from August 14-September 9, 1818, while the ship was commanded by Lieutenant William Bolton Finch and traveled from Charleston through the Bahamas into the Gulf of Mexico via the Windward Passage. The log ends at a latitude and longitude point at or near New Orleans.

ArchivalResource: .08 linear foot (1 volume)

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Caldwell, Charles Henry Bromedge, 1823-1877. Letter, November 5, 1872.

Title: Letter, November 5, 1872.

Holograph letter from USS Lancaster, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 5, 1872, to RADM William R. Taylor, Commander of the South American Station, reporting that seventy men have deserted and only twenty have been apprehended. Local police don't help, and the deserters are wandering the streets drunk and disorderly. He recommends that means be instituted to apprehend deserters.

ArchivalResource: 1 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/727126235 View