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John Ericsson Papers, 1821-1890, (bulk 1842-1886)

Title: John Ericsson Papers 1821-1890 (bulk 1842-1886)

Engineer and inventor. Correspondence, writings, design specifications, articles, memoranda, technical notes, financial and legal papers, drawings, printed matter, and miscellany relating primarily to Ericsson's activities in marine engineering, especially his work on screw propellers and his design of the steamship and the ironclad . Includes correspondence of Ericsson's biographer, William C. Church. Princeton Monitor

ArchivalResource: 1,500 items; 11 containers; 4.4 linear feet; 6 microfilm reels

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003059 View

Paulding, Hiram, 1797-1878. Letter, 1864, June 13, New York, to H. H. Tilley.

Title: Letter, 1864, June 13, New York, to H. H. Tilley.

Has conveyed Tilley's information to Mr. Kemble Paulding.

ArchivalResource: 1 p. ; 21 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122585894 View

Notebook relating to the Granite City, 1863-1867.

Title: Notebook relating to the Granite City, 1863-1867.

Notebook with entries made by Charles W. Lawson, Commander of the Granite City in 1863, followed by writings (1865-1867) of an unidentified woman who was given the volume by her half brother, Dr. George H. Bailey, a surgeon with Dick Dowling's Regiment at the Battle of Sabine Pass. Lawson's entries include lists of officers and crew of the Granite City, and copies of letters written by Lawson in 1863 to: Rear Admiral Hiram Paulding, Commander of the Navy Yard, New York (Aug 3) regarding the condition of the ship's engine; Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D. C. (Oct 28) regarding the capture of the Confederate Schooner Anita; H. H. Bell, Commander of [W. G. B.] Squadron, New Orleans, (Sept 13) regarding Confederate prisoners, (Oct 13) regarding the forwarding of papers, and (Sept 10) in which Lawson reports on the "Attack on Sabine Pass Battery." Manuscript entries of the subsequent owner include a letter (May 20, 1865) to the editor of an unidentified newspaper in which the author encourages Texas not to surrender and expresses her loyalty and that of the daughters of Texas to the Confederacy; several love poems; recipes; a list of emblems and their meanings; the initials LSB drawn on a piece of paper and glued onto a page; and couplets clipped from a publication and glued into the notebook. The volume is accompanied by a letter dated Oct 11, 1965 from Leslie Farra to Fred White in which she describes the provenance of the item.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ([21] p.) ; 32 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702148496 View

Worden, John Lorimer, 1818-1897. Papers, 1835-1891, (bulk 1861-1868).

Title: Papers, 1835-1891, (bulk 1861-1868).

Consists of correspondence and official papers relating to Rear Admiral John Lorimer Worden's service in the U.S. Navy, a personal scrapbook, and various handwritten biographical manuscripts authored by Worden.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes (.5 cubic ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39873130 View

Wilson, Azariah, 1790-1821. Azariah Wilson papers, 1818-1821.

Title: Azariah Wilson papers, 1818-1821.

Includes orders to report to Capt. John Downes, commander of the U. S. Frigate Maceonian, signed by William Bainbridge, 27 July 1818; ship surgeon H. C. Edgar's recommendation that Wilson be returned to the United States because of heart disease, approved in Panama by John Downes, 6 June 1820, and the account of money owed him; a letter from Lt. H. Paulding to Mrs. Thomas Witherby, Shrewsbury, informing her of Wilson's death, 20 June 1821; and an inventory of Wilson's effects.

ArchivalResource: (0.1 linear ft.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/180690648 View

Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878. Letters received, and other papers, 1862-1866.

Title: Letters received, and other papers, 1862-1866.

Letters, telegrams, circulars, petitions and miscellaneous political broadsides sent to editors William Cullen Bryant and Charles Nordhoff. Certain items are marked as if for publication. Includes a letter from Hiram Paulding, verses submitted by Junius Henri Browne, a proof of Henry O'Reilly's "An American Anthem ...," Francis Lieber's Circular no. 59 "Lincoln ober McClellan?," "Reasons for prosecuting the war" by Wm. White Williams, a memorial of Col. Garret Nevius of N.J., killed at Vicksburg, broadsides relating to the 1862 N.Y. gubernatorial race and the 1863 draft riots in N.Y.C., a citizens petition to remove Gen. Wool from control of Baltimore and other material relating to the Civil War and its aftermath.

ArchivalResource: 27 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11534314 View

Daniel Todd Patterson Papers, 1772-1927, (bulk 1825-1835)

Title: Daniel Todd Patterson Papers 1772-1927 (bulk 1825-1835)

Naval officer. Correspondence, journals, ship records, subject files, printed matter, and miscellaneous material relating to Patterson's naval career.

ArchivalResource: 1,830 items; 5 containers; 2 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008115 View

Notebook relating to the Granite City, 1863-1867.

Title: Notebook relating to the Granite City, 1863-1867.

Notebook with entries made by Charles W. Lawson, Commander of the Granite City in 1863, followed by writings (1865-1867) of an unidentified woman who was given the volume by her half brother, Dr. George H. Bailey, a surgeon with Dick Dowling's Regiment at the Battle of Sabine Pass. Lawson's entries include lists of officers and crew of the Granite City, and copies of letters written by Lawson in 1863 to: Rear Admiral Hiram Paulding, Commander of the Navy Yard, New York (Aug 3) regarding the condition of the ship's engine; Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D. C. (Oct 28) regarding the capture of the Confederate Schooner Anita; H. H. Bell, Commander of [W. G. B.] Squadron, New Orleans, (Sept 13) regarding Confederate prisoners, (Oct 13) regarding the forwarding of papers, and (Sept 10) in which Lawson reports on the "Attack on Sabine Pass Battery." Manuscript entries of the subsequent owner include a letter (May 20, 1865) to the editor of an unidentified newspaper in which the author encourages Texas not to surrender and expresses her loyalty and that of the daughters of Texas to the Confederacy; several love poems; recipes; a list of emblems and their meanings; the initials LSB drawn on a piece of paper and glued onto a page; and couplets clipped from a publication and glued into the notebook. The volume is accompanied by a letter dated Oct 11, 1965 from Leslie Farra to Fred White in which she describes the provenance of the item.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ([21] p.) ; 32 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84294410 View

Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878. Papers, 1777-1911 (bulk: 1820-1876)

Title: Gideon Welles Papers 1777-1911 (bulk 1820-1876)

Secretary of the navy and newspaper editor. Correspondence, diaries, writings, naval records, scrapbooks, and other papers relating to Welles's work as editor of the ; his activities as a member of the Democratic Party and, later, the Republican Party in state and national politics; the role of the navy in the Civil War; and the presidential administrations of Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. Hartford Times

ArchivalResource: 15,070 items; 45 containers plus 1 oversize; 18.2 linear feet; 36 microfilm reels

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003053 View

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874. Correspondence, 1829-1874

Title: Charles Sumner correspondence, 1829-1874

Letters to Charles Sumner, lawyer, Republican senator from Massachusetts, and anti-slavery campaigner; with a smaller number of letters from Sumner to others.

ArchivalResource: 33 cartons (43.1 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00232/catalog View

Autograph File, P, 1554-2005.

Title: Autograph File, P, 1554-2005.

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: 10 boxes (5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01439/catalog View

James R. Doolittle Papers, 1859-1927, (bulk 1859-1896)

Title: James R. Doolittle Papers 1859-1927 (bulk 1859-1896)

United States senator and jurist. Correspondence, speeches, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous material relating mostly to Doolittle's Senate career and touching on the issues of the Civil War and Reconstruction.

ArchivalResource: 130 items; 1 container; .4 linear feet; 1 microfilm reel

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007062 View

Patterson, Daniel Todd, 1786-1839. Papers, 1772-1927 (bulk 1825-1835).

Title: Papers, 1772-1927 (bulk 1825-1835).

Correspondence, journals, notebooks, reports, lists of officers, wills, photographs, portraits, and printed matter, chiefly 1825-1835, relating to Patterson's duties as fleet captain of the flagship U.S. Frigate Constitution and as commander of the Mediterranean Squadron. Includes material on piracy in the Mediterranean region and the squadron's diplomatic and strategic missions there. Also includes orders prescribing funeral honors for former presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson on October 14, 1826. Correspondents include William W. Bleecker, Landon N. Carter, William M. Crane, Charles H. Jackson, John H. Jarvis, George Minor, Charles Morris, John B. Nicolson, Hiram Paulding, Matthew C. Perry, Richard S. Pinckney, George C. Read, John Rodgers, Samuel L. Southard, and Richard Thomas.

ArchivalResource: 2 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34576608 View

Radford, William, 1809-1890. Papers of William Radford, 1847-1890.

Title: Papers of William Radford, 1847-1890.

Correspondence, orders to duty, and other material, chiefly relating to Radford's naval career and the Civil War. Correspondents include Solomon D. Belton, Walter D. C. Boggs, Andrew H. Foote, Gustavus Fox, William W. Low, Hiram Paulding, George M. Robeson, Cornelius K. Stirling, William G. Temple, and Gideon Welles.

ArchivalResource: 53 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84045500 View

Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878. Papers, 1777-1911 (bulk: 1820-1876)

Title: Gideon Welles Papers 1777-1911 (bulk 1820-1876)

Secretary of the navy and newspaper editor. Correspondence, diaries, writings, naval records, scrapbooks, and other papers relating to Welles's work as editor of the ; his activities as a member of the Democratic Party and, later, the Republican Party in state and national politics; the role of the navy in the Civil War; and the presidential administrations of Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. Hartford Times

ArchivalResource: 15,070 items; 45 containers plus 1 oversize; 18.2 linear feet; 36 microfilm reels

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003053 View

Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878. Telegram signed : "Navy Department", to Hiram Paulding, 1862 Mar. 10.

Title: Telegram signed : "Navy Department", to Hiram Paulding, 1862 Mar. 10.

On naval matters.

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

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270589947 View

Morris, E. M., fl. 1864. Autograph telegram signed : "Navy Yard", to Admiral Paulding in New York, 1864 Mar. 9.

Title: Autograph telegram signed : "Navy Yard", to Admiral Paulding in New York, 1864 Mar. 9.

Saying, "Tatnall is released & at Fortress Monroe".

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (12mo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270613272 View

Shark, Potomac, and, Constitution, Correspondence, 1812-1885

Title: Shark Potomac Constitution , , and Correspondence 1812-1885

Letters of officers including J.M. Nicholson, Captain of the U.S. Frigate Potomac; H. Paulding Lt. of the Schooner Shark to Commodore Daniel Patterson enclosing monthly crew reports, 1834-35; and I. Percival, Captain of the U.S. Frigate Constitution, to I.Y. Mason, Secretary of the Navy, requesting additional vessels for shallow water duty, 1844; also other reports and miscellany.

ArchivalResource: 4 folders (SC)

http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/s/shark_pot_con.htm View

James K. Paulding Correspondence, 1827-1843

Title: James K. Paulding Correspondence 1827-1843

Approximately 45 letters to and from the American author and Secretary of the Navy.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder (SC)

http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/p/paulding_jk.htm View

Worden, John Lorimer, 1818-1897. Papers, 1835-1891 [microform].

Title: Papers, 1835-1891 [microform].

The collection includes correspondence and scrapbooks documenting Worden's career with the Navy. Much of the correspondence relates to his service during the Civil War and dates from the period after January 11, 1862 when he was placed in command of the MONITOR while it was still under construction in New York. Included are letters to Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles and Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont describing the battle with the Confederate ironclad VIRGINIA, formerly the frigate MERRIMACK. Also included is a manuscript entitled "Record of Service of Rear Admiral John Lorimer Worden" which contains biographical material and describes his naval career through March 4, 1863 when he was in command of the MONTAUK.

ArchivalResource: 1 reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86094018 View

Rogers Memorial Collection: Henry Munroe Rogers papers, 1812-1937 (inclusive), 1862-1937 (bulk).

Title: Rogers Memorial Collection: Henry Munroe Rogers papers, 1812-1937 (inclusive), 1862-1937 (bulk).

Correspondence, compositions, and other papers of Boston lawyer Henry M. Rogers, with an emphasis on the theater and the Civil War.

ArchivalResource: 21.5 linear feet (39 boxes, 2 portfolio boxes)

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01508/catalog View

Records of U.S. Army Continental Commands. 1817 - 1947. Letters Sent. 1/1863 - 12/1872. Letter From General John E. Wool to Admiral H. Paulding

Title: Records of U.S. Army Continental Commands. 1817 - 1947. Letters Sent. 1/1863 - 12/1872. Letter From General John E. Wool to Admiral H. Paulding

ArchivalResource:

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/593999 View

Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870,. Autograph album : of naval officers : manuscript, 1864-1868.

Title: Autograph album : of naval officers : manuscript, 1864-1868.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (4 leaves) ; 11 x 17 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612819934 View

Hayes, John D. (John Daniel), 1902-1991. Research notes on Samuel Francis Du Pont, 1824-1865.

Title: Research notes on Samuel Francis Du Pont, 1824-1865.

The collection consists of photocopies and transcripts of correspondence of Samuel Francis Du Pont, his wife Sophie Madeleine du Pont, and other prominent figures, selected from the collections of the Hagley Museum and Library, the Huntington Library, and other institutions. Many of the texts did not appear in the edited, published version. The collection also includes drafts of "appendices," "table of contents and chronology," "medical history," and a notebook, "The Blockade Strategy Board - Memoirs and Minutes of Meetings," June-Sept. 1861, copied from the original in the National Archives, Du Pont being a member of the Board, which sat at Washington.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/654379811 View

Papers, 1817-1965, 1817-1875 (bulk).

Title: Papers, 1817-1965, 1817-1875 (bulk).

Postal bill Huntington, 1847; letters from Hiram Paulding to H. B. Davison, William Faxxon, Egbert C. Doughty, Francis W. Bunce, 1860-1862; letters to H. Paulding from Navy Department and Buel Conklin, 1817, 1870; copy of letter to the editors about the destruction of the Norfolk Navy Yard, 1862; account sheet, insurance list of farm property, and list of Paris purchases, 1865-1875; clippings, notes, and biographical sketches.

ArchivalResource: 1 inch.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155565374 View