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Meade, Richard W. (Richard Worsam), 1837-1897. Letter to Charles Sumner, 6 January 1868.

Title: Letter to Charles Sumner, 6 January 1868.

Printed facsimile of a letter regarding Meade's father's estate which had been withheld by the Spanish government. He suggests Sumner follow up the joint resolution in the U.S. Senate, copied in the letter.

ArchivalResource: 1 folded sheet (4 p.) ; 28.6 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/236048933 View

Naval History Society. Naval History Society Collection, 1721-1993 (bulk, 1781-1936).

Title: Naval History Society Collection, 1721-1993 (bulk, 1781-1936).

The collection consists of 53 separate collections, many named for renowned naval officers or vessels, documenting both military engagements and routine shipboard experience on naval and some commercial vessels, as well as naval design and the education of officers. Included are correspondence, letterbooks, journals and diaries, lectures, essays, account books, biographical writings, genealogical information, scrapbooks, orders, notes, articles and clippings, photographs, manuscripts, and ships' logs. The collection also includes the organizational records and correspondence of the Naval History Society itself.

ArchivalResource: 70 linear feet (104 boxes, 230 v.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/481882003 View

Meade, Richard W. (Richard Worsam), 1837-1897. Richard Worsam Meade 3rd Collection, 1853-1897, 1934.

Title: Richard Worsam Meade 3rd Collection, 1853-1897, 1934.

The collection is comprised of Admiral Meade's journals kept as a midshipman, including notes and sketches; teaching-related documents from his stint at the U.S. Naval Academy; official correspondence received; letter books and orders from his service aboard various vessels; clippings and printed materials; drafts and final versions of his instructional writings for the Naval Academy and on John Paul Jones; other materials related to his administrative duties at the New York and Washington Navy Yards; eight volumes of diaries; and clippings and ephemera postdating his death that were probably collected by his wife.

ArchivalResource: 4 linear ft. (3 boxes, 17 v.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/479975611 View

Temple, William Grenville, 1824-1894. Autograph letter signed : Portsmouth, N.H., to "My dear Meade", 1867 Dec. 15.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Portsmouth, N.H., to "My dear Meade", 1867 Dec. 15.

About a copy of his accounts as secretary of the Branch Association.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270575318 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)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/480242487 View

Kimberly, Lewis Ashfield, 1830-1902. Autograph letter signed : "U. S. Receiving Ship 'Vermont'", New York, to R.W. Meade, Jr., 1868 May 11.

Title: Autograph letter signed : "U. S. Receiving Ship 'Vermont'", New York, to R.W. Meade, Jr., 1868 May 11.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270491168 View

The Naval History Society Collection, 1721-1995 (bulk 1781-1936)

Title: The Naval History Society Collection 1721-1995 (bulk 1781-1936)

The collection consists of 53 separate collections, many named for renowned naval officers or vessels, documenting both military engagements and routine shipboard experience on naval and some commercial vessels, as well as naval design and the education of officers. The collections include correspondence, letter books, journals and diaries, lectures, essays, account books, biographical writings, genealogical information, scrapbooks, orders, notes, articles and clippings, photographs, manuscripts, and ships' logs, as well as the organizational records and correspondence of the Naval History Society itself.

ArchivalResource: 70.0 Linear feet; (104 boxes, 230 volumes)

http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/nyhs/NHSColl/NHSColl.html View