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United States. Navy. Logbooks: US Navy Collection, 1799-1928, undated.

Title: Logbooks: US Navy Collection, 1799-1928, undated.

The collection consists of eight volumes and two folders of original and transcribed log books from US naval vessels, including those under the command of John Paul Jones (see NHSC - John Paul Jones) and Isaac Hull (see NHSC - Hull) and from lesser-known ships on routine cruises.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear ft. (2 folders, 8 v.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/480107000 View

Henry A. Willard II Collection, 1743-1888, (bulk 1770-1840)

Title: Henry A. Willard II Collection 1743-1888 (bulk 1770-1840)

Papers and records collected by Henry A Willard II including Bradley-Willard family papers and correspondence, Willard Hotel records, miscellaneous business records, and autographs collected by Henry A. Willard I that include the signers of the Declaration of Independence, presidents of the Continental Congress, and related individuals.

ArchivalResource: 625 items; 2 containers; 0.8 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007105 View

Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816. Tobias Lear diary, 1803 June 24 - October 23.

Title: Tobias Lear diary, 1803 June 24 - October 23.

Lear discusses his day to day affairs including marriage to "my dear Fanny" [Frances Dandridge Henley]; boarding with [Thomas?] Law; initiation in the Masonic Lodge at Alexandria; dining with Jefferson and Madison, news of the Louisiana Purchase; July 4th celebration; journey to Boston via Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York; visit to his Portsmouth, N.H. home; a rumor, begun by John Marshall, that he had suppressed certain papers of George Washington; and preparations for the journey to Algiers on the U.S. Constitution under Edward Preble [no entries the month of the voyage.]. Lear writes at length about his diplomatic mission to Algiers to negotiate a treaty with Tripoli and the current situation with the Barbary pirates. He discusses the capture of an American brig; the replacement of Commodore Richard Morris; assistance to the H.M.S. Childers, an English brig in distress, whose captain, Sir George Bolton, was carrying dispatches to Lord Nelson; discussions on Barbary affairs with consuls James L. Cathcart and James Simpson; the arrival of the Emperor of Morocco in Tangiers and subsequent negotiations including ratification of the Treay of 1786; and attempts by British men of war to lure away American sailors. The diary ends on October 23, a week before the capture of William Bainbridge and the crew of the Philadelphia. Additional people mentioned in the diary include William Bainbridge, John Dandridge Henley, Isaac Hull, David Humphreys, Rufus King, Benjamin Lincoln, John Rodgers, Samuel Smith, James Sullivan, and the Marqués de Yrujo.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/100000235 View

Bradlee, C. D. (Caleb Davis), 1831-1897. Correspondence, 1826-1890.

Title: Correspondence, 1826-1890.

Correspondence and other papers preserved by Bradlee for their autograph value.

ArchivalResource: 0.1 c.f. (1 folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145789591 View

Cook, John A., d. 1834. Papers of John A. Cook, 1812-1831.

Title: Papers of John A. Cook, 1812-1831.

Correspondence, logbook kept on board the U.S.S. Fox together with financial notes, copy of A New Atlas of the World (1822) by Jedidiah and Sidney E. Morse, and commission signed by James Madison. Correspondents include Benjamin Cooper, Benjamin W. Crowninshield, Isaac Hull, Otho Norris, Benjamin Thomas, Thomas Tingey, and Melancthon T. Woolsey.

ArchivalResource: 8 items.1 container.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/77585608 View

Jarvis, Samuel Farmar, 1825-1910. Samuel F. Jarvis papers, 1805-1880.

Title: Samuel F. Jarvis papers, 1805-1880.

Papers collected by Rev. Samuel F. Jarvis of Middletown, Connecticut. Includes correspondence to Rev. Jarvis, as well as papers for the estates of Anna McCurdy (Hart) Hull, her husband Commodore Isaac Hull, and her father, Elisha Hart. Sarah McCurdy Hart, Anna Hull's sister and Elisha Hart's eldest daughter, was married to Samuel F. Jarvis. The marriage ended in a divorce that was scandalous at the time. Some letters are written in French. A circular from Funchal, Madeira, is in Portuguese. Includes a broadside (folded) advertising an auction of the items of Anna Hull's estate.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 linear foot (1/2 box).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/699805429 View

Hull, Isaac, 1773-1843. Letter, 1813 Aug. 20, Portsmouth, N.H., to Henry A.S. Dearborn, Boston.

Title: Letter, 1813 Aug. 20, Portsmouth, N.H., to Henry A.S. Dearborn, Boston.

Discusses a prize, the schooner Fox, taken by the privateer Fly.

ArchivalResource: [1] leaf ; 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9206170 View

Wadsworth, Alexander S. (Alexander Scammel), 1790-1851. Journal of U.S. frigate President and U.S. frigate Constitution, 1810-1812.

Title: Journal of U.S. frigate President and U.S. frigate Constitution, 1810-1812.

Journal (23 Jan.-12 May 1810), kept by Alexander S. Wadsworth, of the U.S. Navy frigate President, commanded by William Bainbridge; journal (13 May-16 June 1810), kept by Wadsworth, also of frigate President, commanded by Charles Morris; and journal (17 June 1810-12 Feb. 1812), kept by Wadsworth, of the U.S. Navy frigate Constitution, commanded by Isaac Hull.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/184728738 View

Thomas J. Chew family papers 1797-1875 1802-1857 Chew, Thomas J. family papers

Title: Thomas J. Chew family papers 1797-1875 1802-1857 Chew, Thomas J. family papers

The Thomas J. Chew papers mainly consist of ingoing and outgoing correspondence of Thomas J. Chew and his wife, Abby Hortense Hallam, in the early 1800s. A significant amount of the collection was written during the War of 1812, and many of the letters relate to Chew's duties as purser of several ships of the United States Navy and in the Navy Yards of Boston and New York. Other personal letters, official documents, and account books are also included in the collection.

ArchivalResource: 777 items (1.75 linear feet)

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-1266che?rgn=main;view=text View

Ticknor, Benajah, 1788-1858. Benajah Ticknor papers, 1818-1852 (inclusive).

Title: Benajah Ticknor papers, 1818-1852 (inclusive).

Journals, letterbook, medical notes, and essays of Benajah Ticknor, doctor and surgeon with the U.S. Navy. Of primary importance are the journals which describe journeys made by Ticknor with the Navy to South America, the Far East, and Europe.

ArchivalResource: 1.5 linear ft. (3 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122390808 View

William Short Papers, 1778-1853

Title: William Short Papers 1778-1853

Secretary to President Thomas Jefferson, diplomat, and landowner. Diplomatic, financial, and personal correspondence, financial and business papers, memorabilia, and other papers relating to Short's activities as secretary to Jefferson, his diplomatic missions, and business interests.

ArchivalResource: 20,000 items; 64 containers plus 5 oversize; 26 linear feet; 32 microfilm reels

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010121 View

Letters to Matthew Calbraith Perry from various correspondents, 1799-1945.

Title: Letters to Matthew Calbraith Perry from various correspondents, 1799-1945.

Letters to American naval officer Matthew Perry, many pertaining to naval affairs.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00699/catalog View

William Tudor letters from various correspondents, 1802-1857.

Title: William Tudor letters from various correspondents, 1802-1857.

Letters to William Tudor, written during his years of diplomatic service in Lima and Rio de Janeiro..

ArchivalResource: 3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00935/catalog View

Crowninshield Family. Crowninshield Family Papers, 1697-1909.

Title: Crowninshield Family Papers, 1697-1909.

This collection of correspondence, business papers, family history, and photographs illustrate the business and personal activities of the Crowninshield Family.

ArchivalResource: 9 boxes (4.25 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/644553761 View

Ticknor, Benajah, 1788-1858. Papers, 1818-1852

Title: Benajah Ticknor papers 1818-1852

Graduated from Berkshire Medical Institute ca. 1810; joined U.S. Navy ca. 1816; first tour of duty in 1818; retired from the Navy in 1852 from post of chief Surgeon of the Boston Navy Yard. Journals, letter book, medical notes, correspondence, and essays of Benajah Ticknor, doctor and surgeon with the U.S. Navy. Of primary importance are the journals which describe journeys made by Ticknor with the Navy to South America, the Far East, and Europe.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear feet and 3 microfilm rolls

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhlead/umich-bhl-8986?rgn=main;view=text View

War of 1812 mss., 1776-1879

Title: War of 1812 mss., 1776-1879

Consists of individual items acquired separately either as a gift or purchase from a variety of sources, relating to the War of 1812.

ArchivalResource: 3181 items

http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/findingaids/view?doc.view=entire_text&docId=InU-Li-VAC1213 View

Hull, Isaac, 1773-1843. Letter : Bay of Callao, Peru, to William Hull, Newton, Mass., 1824 Oct. 6.

Title: Letter : Bay of Callao, Peru, to William Hull, Newton, Mass., 1824 Oct. 6.

Autograph letter signed. Folded letter sheet with address. Written to Hull's uncle. Describes the war then raging in Peru and Simon Bolivar's movements.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.) ; 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52247155 View

Duke, Edith Slaughter, 1863-1921. Papers of the Duke family of Charlottesville, Va., and the related Slaughter family of Lynchburg, Va. 1764-1983, bulk 1845-1983.

Title: Papers of the Duke family of Charlottesville, Va., and the related Slaughter family of Lynchburg, Va. 1764-1983, bulk 1845-1983.

The collection consists chiefly of correspondence, business, and legal papers of the families particularly R.T.W. Duke, Jr., his wife Edith Slaughter Duke, their children Mary W. Duke, R.T.W. Duke III, John F.S. Duke, William E. Duke, and Helen R. Duke. Family news is the primary subject. Other topics of interest include the Civil War and Reconstruction; World War I; 1882 and 1899 European tours; Montana between 1908 and 1911; work in the Judge Advocate General Department; nursing in Southwest Virginia, 1918-1926; Episcopal medical missionary life in Wisuh, China, 1908-1947; and the American Legion. Of interest are single letters describing trips to Mexico, 1928, the Middle East, 1935, and Boston and Montreal, 1851; the 1855 Know-Nothing Party convention in Philadelphia; General Hull in Canada in 1812; the theories of Erasmus Darwin; John S. Mosby's defense of the motives of Southern soldiers; a battle between the Bolsheviks and the 8th Czecho-Slovak Regiment; Henry Clay's discussion of a letter from Willam Henry Harrison re the election of 1840, and a lengthy letter of sympathy on the death of a child. The papers also contain forty-seven diaries of R.T.W. Duke, Jr., 1879- 1892, 1894-1926; five volumes of his "Recollections," 1899-1926 describing the Civil War and Reconstruction, the University of Virginia and Zeta Psi fraternity, his law career, membership in the Masons and the Cold Spring Barbecue Club, William Mahone, and events in Charlottesville, Virginia, including the failure of the Charlottesville National Bank; and manuscripts of his poetry and prose. In addition there are legal papers, including indentures, deeds and land surveys; genealogical material; photographs; postcards; diaries and notebooks of family members; and a few files from the Duke and Duke law firm including an opinion on Snyder v. University of Virginia and insurance and business papers handled for Jefferson M. Levy.

ArchivalResource: 10400 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/69679008 View

United States (Frigate). A Journal of a Cruise in the Pacific Ocean, U.S. Frigate U. States : Isaac Hull, Esq. Commander. Dec. 23, 1825-April 25, 1827.

Title: A Journal of a Cruise in the Pacific Ocean, U.S. Frigate U. States : Isaac Hull, Esq. Commander. Dec. 23, 1825-April 25, 1827.