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Howe, Letitia T. Letitia T. Howe collection. 1822-1876.

Title: Letitia T. Howe collection

Autographs and documents pertaining to Abraham Lincoln and Caleb Cushing.

ArchivalResource: 140 items; 1 container; 0.2 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007050 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

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

Chandler, Joseph R. (Joseph Ripley), 1792-1880. Letters : to various correspondents, 1835-1853.

Title: Letters : to various correspondents, 1835-1853.

8 ALsS.

ArchivalResource: 8 items (together 8 p.) ; 28 x 20 cm. and smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28996443 View

McLane, Louis, 1786-1857. Correspondence, 1795-1894 (bulk 1817-1855)

Title: Louis McLane Correspondence 1795-1894 (bulk 1817-1855)

Lawyer, U.S. representative and senator from Delaware, diplomat, and cabinet officer. Correspondence primarily between McLane and members of his family relating to social life in Washington, D.C., his diplomatic duties, and national and congressional politics.

ArchivalResource: 600 items; 4 containers; 1.6 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012109 View

Upshur, A. P. (Abel Parker), 1790-1844. Copy of an autograph letter signed : Washington, to S. Pleasonton, 1844 Jan. 20.

Title: Copy of an autograph letter signed : Washington, to S. Pleasonton, 1844 Jan. 20.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270883443 View

James Barron Papers (1), 1766-1899.

Title: James Barron Papers (1), 1766-1899.

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.

ArchivalResource:

http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=wm/viw00021.xml View

Slidell, John, 1793-1871. John Slidell letters and miscellany, 1844-1861.

Title: John Slidell letters and miscellany, 1844-1861.

Letters and miscellany of John Slidell includes a large sequence of photocopied letters to James Buchanan, secretary of state under James Polk and U.S. president from 1857 to 1861. The letters describe Slidell's work as minister to Mexico; the progress of the Mexican-American War; the fate of the Wilmot Proviso, an appropriations bill intended for final negotiations to resolve the Mexican-American War, in the U.S. Congress; James Buchanan's efforts to secure the Democratic nomination for president in 1856; the Ostend Manifesto, which proposed the purchase of Cuba from Spain in order to extend slavery there; and Slidell's mordantly contemptuous views of President Franklin Pierce and his other political enemies. Among those mentioned in the correspondence are Pierre Soulé, President Martin Van Buren, Stephen Douglas, Henry Johnson, and Thomas Hart Benton. Also included are a group of original letters from Slidell to various correspondents. They include a brief note, dated 1844, presenting Slidell's respects to Secretary of State Abel P. Upshur and asking about a vacancy at the consulate at Matamoros, Mexico, for one of his constituents; a letter, dated 1852, discussing the release of John Sidney Thrasher from a Spanish prison; an 1853 letter to Jefferson Davis regarding Pierre Soulé; a letter, dated 1857, to Jacob Thompson, secretary of the interior, concerning Indian Bureau advertisements and their possible publication in the Daily Orleanian and the Louisiana Courier; and a letter, also dated 1857, to Asbury Dickens requesting the proceedings of the court martial of Lieutenant Colonel John Charles Frémont. Other letters include a note, dated 1857, to Asbury Dickens commenting on the condition of the money market in New Orleans; a letter to J.G. Davidson, dated 1858, concerning the debate over the reappointment of William McCullogh as surveyor general of Louisiana and allegations that McCullogh is no longer loyal to the Democratic Party; and a letter written from Paris in 1862 to Judah P. Benjamin recommending a former French army officer for Confederate military service.

ArchivalResource: 146 letters.1 engraving.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/318102272 View

Tompkins family. Papers : of the Tompkins family, 1800-1877.

Title: Papers : of the Tompkins family, 1800-1877.

The collection includes correspondence, 1804-1824, accounts, land records, and estate materials of John Patterson (1760-1824) of Mathews County, Va. Some of these papers concern Patterson's dealings with local merchants and with firms in Baltimore, Md., and Philadelphia, Pa. Also, includes papers of Christopher Tompkins (1778-1838), ship owner, ship captain, and merchant of "Poplar Grove," Mathews County, Va. These records include a letterbook, 1811, kept in Lisbon, Portugal, concerning the ship "Mohawk"; correspondence, 1800-1835, including letters of William Branch Giles and Abel Parker Upshur and items containing comments on national politics; an account book, 1823-1831, concerning shipbuilding and ship cargoes; accounts; materials concerning an 1804 voyage of the merchant ship, "Thomas Wilson"; and miscellany. Also, includes correspondence, 1836-1877, and military records of Christopher Quarles Tompkins (1813-1877) of Richmond, Va., and while serving with the 3rd Artillery Regiment of the U.S. Army and the 22nd Virginia Infantry Regiment of the Confederate States Army of the Kanawha, including letters of Braxton Bragg, George Washington Cullum, Roger Jones, and Sally Louisa Tompkins.

ArchivalResource: 366 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30372684 View

Tyler, John, 1790-1862. Commission appointing James F. Armstrong a lieutenant in the Navy : Washington, 1843 Jan 30.

Title: Commission appointing James F. Armstrong a lieutenant in the Navy : Washington, 1843 Jan 30.

Engraved form, on vellum, completed in manuscript. Signed by President John Tyler, Secretary of the Navy A. P. Upshur, and L. B. Hardin.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p) ; 43 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84010371 View

Upshur, A. P. (Abel Parker), 1790-1844. A. P. Upshur correspondence, 1843 March 3.

Title: A. P. Upshur correspondence, 1843 March 3.

LS from Upshur as secretary of the navy to unknown recipients relating to employment by U.S. naval officer John Percival.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70982224 View

Upshur, A. P. (Abel Parker), 1790-1844. Documents relating to U.S.S. Somers.

Title: Documents relating to U.S.S. Somers. 1841-1843.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (unpaged)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42777056 View

Upshur, A. P. (Abel Parker), 1790-1844. Letter, Richmond, to his sister, Juliet Upshur Elliott, Northampton Co., concerning Egyptian religion [manuscript] 1814 Feb. 6.

Title: Letter, Richmond, to his sister, Juliet Upshur Elliott, Northampton Co., concerning Egyptian religion [manuscript] 1814 Feb. 6.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647950207 View

Robinson, Moncure, 1802-1891. Papers, 1787-1890.

Title: Papers, 1787-1890.

Personal and professional papers of Moncure Robinson dealing mostly with management of Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad in which he held controlling interest. Prominent correspondents include James Buchanan, Washington Irving, Dennis Hart Mahan, Winfield Scott and Abel Parker Upshur. Also included is the correspondence of his father, John Robinson (including letters from William C. C. Claiborne), his brothers, Cary, Edwin, Conway and Eustace Robinson and his brother-in-law John C. R. Taylor whose letters concern plantation management. Also included are notebooks of Wirt Robinson.

ArchivalResource: 3, 302 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20269904 View

Du Pont, Samuel Francis, 1803-1865. Papers, 1812-1865.

Title: Papers, 1812-1865.

The Samuel Francis Du Pont Papers include correspondence with more than 1,500 individuals. There is a good deal of official and semi-official correspondence describing naval practices and policies as well as Du Pont's career. Of particular interest are letters from British diplomats and naval officers during the 1840s and 50s describing the operations of the British Navy. Letters received from William B. Reed, American minister to China, document the negotiations leading up to the Treaty of Tientsin which opened up China to western trade. Letters from American missionaries Samuel Wells and William and Edward Syle describe the missionary movement in China and efforts to eradicate the opium trade. The files also contain correspondence reflecting Du Pont's role in the Naval Efficiency Board and the reform movement which sought to modernize the navy as it moved into the age of steam.

ArchivalResource: 50 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122503472 View

Autograph File, U, 1689-1943.

Title: Autograph File, U, 1689-1943.

The Autograph File is an alphabetically arranged collection of single letters, manuscripts, and drawings received from various sources at various times. Additions continue to be made.

ArchivalResource: .5 boxes (.2 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01444/catalog View

Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958.

Title: Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958.

Autograph letters and documents of American political and military leaders collected by Frederick Myers Dearborn.

ArchivalResource: 28 boxes (14 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01499/catalog View

Southall family. Southall family papers, 1807-1904.

Title: Southall family papers, 1807-1904.

Papers of the Southall family of Williamsburg, Va. including correspondence, 1828-1830, of Peyton Alexander Southall but mostly comprised of the legal correspondence, 1831-1851, of George Washington Southall and documents concerning lawsuits and civil proceedings in many Virginia counties and including account books, 1832-1846, of George Washington Southall. Prominent correspondents include Lemuel Jackson Bowden, Richard Coke, John Augustine Deneufville, Thomas Roderick Dew, George Frederick Holmes, James Alexander Seddon, Abel Parker Upshur and Henry Alexander Wise.

ArchivalResource: 23,572 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20304909 View

Oliver Hazard Perry papers 1796-1969 1812-1819

Title: Oliver Hazard Perry papers 1796-1969 1812-1819

The Oliver Hazard Perry papers contain Perry's naval and personal letters, as well as material related to members of the Perry family. The collection documents Perry's activities during the War of 1812, including his victory at Lake Erie and the ensuing controversy surrounding the conflict; his service in the Mediterranean; his final mission to Venezuela; and the reaction to his death. Also documented are Perry's father, Captain Christopher Raymond Perry (1761-1818); his brother, Commander Mathew Calbraith Perry (1794-1858); his wife Elizabeth C. Mason Perry (1791-1858); and various other relatives, as well as genealogical records.

ArchivalResource: 4 linear feet

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-1391per?rgn=main;view=text View

Upshur, A. P. (Abel Parker), 1790-1844. Letter, February 9, 1842.

Title: Letter, February 9, 1842.

Letter signed to E.R. Nelson, February 9, 1842, with orders to report to CDR J. Wilkinson, Pensacola, Fla., for duty in West Indies Squadron. Verso contains Nelson's written compliance.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18168810 View

Van Zandt, Isaac Papers 82-106., 1835-1865, 1948

Title: Van Zandt, Isaac Papers 1835-1865,1948

Papers concern Isaac Van Zandt(1813-1847) who served the Republic of Texas as Congressional representative from1840 to 1842 and as charge d'affaires to the United States from 1842 to 1844 andalso authored the Texas Homestead Act.

ArchivalResource:

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/01590/01590-P.html View

Sawyer, Horace Bucklin, 1797-1860. Papers of Horace Bucklin Sawyer, 1812-1950.

Title: Papers of Horace Bucklin Sawyer, 1812-1950.

Correspondence and diaries ("Memorandum Books"), chiefly 1814-1856. Includes letterbooks (1813-1857, 1842-1859, 1855-1859) containing copies of incoming and outgoing letters, both official and personal, newspaper clippings, and sketches documenting Sawyer's experiences in the War of 1812; and diaries (1842-1858) recording Sawyer's observations on the Mexican War, political events in the U.S., revolutions in Europe, earthquakes in the West Indies, John Charles Frémont's court-martial, and other contemporary events. Includes some papers relating to other family members: notes of naval records and photos of George Augustus Sawyer (d. 1904), paymaster in the U.S. Navy; obituary of architect Philip Sawyer (d. 1949); and genealogical material. Correspondents include William Bainbridge, Henry E. Ballard, George Bancroft, Abijah Bigelow, Benjamin Crowninshield, Jefferson Davis, James C. Dobbin, Lawrence Kearny, Edmund P. Kennedy, John Y. Mason, Samuel S. Phelps, Joel R. Poinsett, Charles G. Ridgely, Winfield Scott, William S. Shaw, Samuel L. Southard, Charles Stewart, Isaac Toucey, Abel P. Upshur, and Gideon Welles.

ArchivalResource: 900 items.3 containers.1 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/78686454 View

Thomas Addis Emmet collection, 1483-1876 (bulk:1700-1800)

Title: Thomas Addis Emmet collection, 1483-1876 (inclusive), 1700-1800 (bulk)

The portion of the Emmet Collection housed in the Manuscripts and Archives Division consists of approximately 10,800 historical manuscripts relating chiefly to the period prior to, during, and following the American Revolution. The collection contains letters and documents by the signers of the Declaration of Independence as well as nearly every prominent historical figure of the period.

ArchivalResource: 30.83 linear feet; 108 boxes, 21 volumes

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/927 View

Upshur, A. P. (Abel Parker), 1790-1844. Letter to Lemuel Jenkins [manuscript] 13 April 1842.

Title: Letter to Lemuel Jenkins [manuscript] 13 April 1842. 1842.

Upshur explains why Mr. Jenkin's son is not eligible for appointment as a midshipman.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647957490 View

Upshur, A. P. (Abel Parker), 1790-1844. Letter to Robert H. Nichols : U.S. Navy Department : LS, 1842 May 20.

Title: Letter to Robert H. Nichols : U.S. Navy Department : LS, 1842 May 20.

Written as Secretary of the Navy, ordering Nichols to duty aboard a ship at Buffalo, New York.

ArchivalResource: 1 p. ; 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/215210870 View

David Conner papers, 1816-1856

Title: David Conner papers 1816-1856

David Conner (1792-1856) was a United States naval officer. He served as Navy Commissioner; chief of the Bureau of Construction, Equipment and Repair; commander of the U.S. naval force in the Gulf of Mexico during the war with Mexico; and commandant of the naval base at Philadelphia. Collection consists of correspondence and official papers of Conner. Bulk of the collection is correspondence, mostly incoming, from Secretaries of the Navy, naval bureaucrats, ships' officers, crew members, U.S. consuls, foreign diplomats, and captains of ships in Conner's squadron. Also, official Navy Dept. instructions, sailing orders, diplomatic papers, instructions, secret intelligence reports, records of courts-martial, crew lists, and other papers concerning preparation for combat, deployment of ships, political conditions, and naval routines.

ArchivalResource: 5.7 linear feet (19 boxes)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/642 View

Gilmer, Francis Walker, 1790-1826. Correspondence of Francis Walker Gilmer [manuscript], 1784-1826.

Title: Correspondence of Francis Walker Gilmer [manuscript], 1784-1826.

Correspondence with Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and others, largely concerning the establishment of the University of Virginia, and particularly Gilmer's efforts in England to select a teaching staff for the new institution. Includes family letters.

ArchivalResource: 283 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647894979 View

Brooke, Robert S. Papers of Robert S. Brooke [manuscript], 1792-1927 bulk 1831-1863.

Title: Papers of Robert S. Brooke [manuscript], 1792-1927 bulk 1831-1863.

The collection consists chiefly of correspondence between Brooke and his wife Margaret Lyle Smith Brooke, written while he was serving in the General Assembly. Subjects include family and household affairs in Augusta County including slave hiring and "correction," and social and political news from Richmond. Topics of interest include senator William Tod's fraud against the Bank of Virginia, male views on childbirth, religious attitudes, a church consecration at Hanover Court House, a Staunton fire, 1838, a request for militia to be sent to Pendleton County, a proposed reorganization of Brooke's district in 1843, the Western Asylum at Staunton and slave sales. Also of interest are letters of John F. Brooke while serving in the Navy in 1841 and a 1927 letter in support of the League of Nations. Papers of the related Berkeley and Carter families include copies of the wills of Charles Carter (1803), Nelson Berkeley (1849), and Betty Louden Berkeley (1866).

ArchivalResource: 100 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647806762 View

Kennon, William H. Papers of William H. Kennon, 1808-1903.

Title: Papers of William H. Kennon, 1808-1903.

Include correspondence and business records and papers, 1808-1903, of the Kennon family, chiefly of William H. Kennon, Beverley Randolph, Nancy Randolph Kennon Selden, Miles C. Selden, Charles Randolph Kennon and William Upshur Kennon, pertaining to management of family plantation, Norwood (Powhatan County, Va.), and estate settlements. Topics also include family and social matters, the courtship of Nancy Randolph and William H. Kennon and her father's objections, William H. Kennon's naval career, a lawsuit (Kennon vs. Wilkinson), a fugitive slave (1841), and mention of Beverley Kennon's death in U.S.S. Princeton accident (1844). Also include correspondence, 1830-1840, of Beverley Randolph to his son, Charles H. Randolph, pertaining to Charles' studies at the University of Virginia and the University of Paris, including one letter referring briefly to the riot at the University of Virginia (1831). Also include letter, 1861, to Nancy Randolph Kennon Selden from Landonia Randolph concerning family matters, slavery, and secession; two letters, 1861, pertaining to the requested return of a hired slave; letters, 1862-1865, of William Upshur Kennon and Charles Randolph Kennon to their mother concerning camp life, including one letter mentioning a slave at the front. Also include correspondence, 1875-1883, of William Upshur Kennon, acting plantation manager for James Murray of England, owner of Bendover plantation, Goochland County, Va., pertaining to agricultural concerns, plantation management and sales of livestock and wheat, including a crop rotation plan (1879); and farm journal, ca. 1880, of William Upshur Kennon. Also include letter, 1824, for Abel Upshur concerning William H. Kennon's naval career and social life and celebrations honoring Lafayette; letter, 1837, from John Hartwell Cocke offering his consolations; letter, 1840, from James Kirke Paulding accepting William H. Kennon's resignation; and a receipt and letter, 1842, of Thomas Mann Randolph pertaining to sale of cattle. Also include plantation journal, 1808, of Beverley Randolph including slave records; six bank books, 1822-1832, of Beverley Randolph; one bank book, 1827-1828, of John Heth; farm journal, 1840-1842, of W.A. Kennon; two time books, 1873-1883; four farm books, 1873-1883, including freedmen's accounts; balance book, 1887-1903; and two bank books, 1897-1903, of William Upshur Kennon. Also include catalog, 1866, of the private library at Norwood.

ArchivalResource: 950 (ca.) items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122465579 View