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Page, Richard Lucien, 1807-1901. Papers : of Richard Lucien Page, 1824-1901.

Title: Papers : of Richard Lucien Page, 1824-1901.

The collection contains the logs of the Brandywine (8 September 1825 - 22 February 1826), the USS Constitution (23 February 1826 - 31 March 1828), the Perry (27 April - 31 December 1852), and the Germantown (15 July 1857 - 3 January 1859 and 1 January 1859 - 17 April 1860). The Brandywine traveled from Chesapeake Bay to England, France, and Spain with the Marquis de Lafayette as a passenger and Page as a midshipman. The Constitution traveled from Spain to Greece, Tunisia, and Turkey. The Perry left Brooklyn, N.Y., for the Cape Verde Islands and Liberia. The Germantown left Norfolk, Va., for Ceylon, China, Hong Kong, India, Macao, Madeira, the Philippine Islands, Singapore, and South Africa. On its second voyage, the Germantown traveled from the Philippine Islands to China, Hong Kong, Japan, Macao, St. Helena, and South Africa. Also included is a C.S.A. Army District of the Gulf telegraph book (12 March - 8 August 1864) kept at Fort Morgan, Mobile Bay, Ala., with messages sent and received by Page with Jefferson Davis, George G. Garner, Edward Higgins, Dabney Herndon Maury, and others, and telegrams (1864) from Garner, Higgins, and Maury. There are also notes (1850) of Thomas Robinson concerning guns of U.S. naval ships; a copy of a memoir by Page concerning an 1824-1825 visit by Lafayette to Norfolk and an 1824 visit to Portsmouth; and a 1901 obituary notice for Page.

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