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Franklin, Frederick Henry, 1840-1873. Frederick Henry Franklin papers, 1868-1873.

Title: Frederick Henry Franklin papers, 1868-1873.

Letters (22 items, 1868-1873), written by Franklin, frequently referring to his poor health, the condition of ships and boilers, names of contemporaries from Portsmouth, photographs being sent from Japan, the burning of an American steamer in Nagasaki where Japanese citizens were drowned, and the failure of a gun carriage on the USS New Hampshire; letter from Herman Tarlton (1862 Sept. 15) to James M. Tarlton, his father, in Portsmouth, regarding the death of Harrison Tyler Franklin who was swept overboard in a gale; pension papers of Franklin's father, Frederick A. Franklin, with information on his marriage to Mary A. Carter and signatures of B.C. Currier, Secretary of the Navy and J.W. Baker, Commissioner of Pensions; deed of Woodbury Langdon to John Underwood, ropemaker (1811); miscellaneous papers regarding property owned by members of the Underwood family; donor's research memoranda relating to the collection; and other materials.

ArchivalResource: 4 folders.

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