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Smith, Robert, 1757-1842. Robert Smith correspondence, 1800-1815.

Title: Robert Smith correspondence, 1800-1815.

Correspondence concerning naval affairs and national and Maryland politics. Correspondents include John B. Davidge, Richard Willmott Hall, David Holmes, William Henry Imlay, James Inglis, Edward Preble, and Robert Purviance.

ArchivalResource: 11 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70980487 View

Tripolitan War collection, 1804-1805.

Title: Tripolitan War collection, 1804-1805.

The Tripolitan War Collection, 1804-1805, includes two booklets containing details of courts-martial held in June 1804 on board the frigate Congress, bound for Tripoli. With William Eaton (1764-1811) acting as Judge Advocate and Capt. John Rodgers (1773-1838) presiding, the trials involved seamen and a midshipman from the frigate President, commanded by Samuel Barron ( -1810). The records consist of orders signed by Commodore Barron, a copy of a "mutinous" letter of complaint written by seaman Robert Quinn ( - ), and details of his and others' severe sentences for mutiny, desertion, and absence without leave. There is also a letter in Arabic, with Italian translation, written by Bashaw Caramalli Hamet ( - ) in 1805, and a letterbook kept by Commodore Samuel Barron, 17-30 August 1804, which contains mainly copies of letters pertaining to the American blockade of Tripoli, written by Barron, commander-in-chief, and James Simpson ( - ), American counsul in Tangier, to John Rodgers and James Barron (1768-1851), fellow commanders of American ships in Tangier Bay. The letters are a record of the watchful movements of the American navy during the blockade, the movements of Moorish warships, and the results of Simpson's diplomatic dealings with the Emperor of Morocco. The collection also includes a volume containing a quarter bill, 1804, for the U.S.S. Constitution under the command of Edward Preble (1761-1807). It is a list of crew members and their ranks.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder (5 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/207175534 View

Dent, John H. (John Herbert), 1782-1823. John H. Dent order-book, 1803-1810.

Title: John H. Dent order-book, 1803-1810.

Order-book kept by Capt. John H. Dent aboard the USF Constitution and the USS John Adams. Includes orders issued by Samuel Barron, Hugh G. Campbell, Paul Hamilton, Edward Preble, and John Rodgers.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70979812 View

Low, Rufus. Letter, 1801 June 5, Boston, [Massachusetts] to Thomas Jefferson, Washington [D.C.].

Title: Letter, 1801 June 5, Boston, [Massachusetts] to Thomas Jefferson, Washington [D.C.].

Sailed to Batavia and back to New York on frigate Essex under Capt. Preble; encloses copy of letter to Mr. Stoddert, Secretary of Navy; lack of answer may have been caused by Preble's unfriendly disposition; Preble reduced wages of his apprentice, Cerville Felice; encloses cartificate to prove same; is ready to return on any ship; asks directions to be sent to Boston. [2 enclosures: Certificate of William Mumford, Dec. 29, 1800; Copy of letter of Rufus Low to Benj. Stoddert, Secretary of Navy, Dec. 29, 1801]

ArchivalResource: 2 p. on 1 leaf ; 23 cm. x 37 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62276540 View

Preble, Edward, 1761-1807. Diary, [1860].

Title: Diary, [1860].

Copy of a diary, 196 Oct.-1806 Dec., by Commodore Edward Preble, transcribed into five booklets ca. 1860.

ArchivalResource: 5 v. (78 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58774129 View

King, Marquis Fayette, 1835-1904. Photographic album, ca. 1800?-1900?.

Title: Photographic album, ca. 1800?-1900?.

Includes portraits of various adults and children done by various photographers such as: portraits of Nancy Deering (daughter of Col. Waite), Rene Noyes, Mrs. Sherwood, Helen Sherwood, George Sherwood, Mr. Harry Anderson and Mrs Alice Anderson (Preble), Andrew Scott and wife, Edward Ilsley and wife, Henry Scott, Miss Ilsley, Kate Libby, Augustus Libby, Ada Carter, Lizzie Shaw, Frank Barrett, Alice Anderson, George Barrett, Tyng Smith, Frank Sewall, Harriet Simonton, Mrs. Bartol, Mrs Motley, Mary Anderson, Barber, Edward Preble (son of Commodore Preble), Frank Noyes, Dr. Daveis and his father. Photographers include M.F. King, George M. Howe, B.F. Smith & Co., B.F. Smith & Son, T.R. Burnham, and Joseph H. Lamson, all of Portland, and Heinrich Bucker of Dresden, Me.

ArchivalResource: 1 album ; 15 x 24 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/231622834 View

Preble, Edward, 1761-1807. Commodore Edward Preble's Internal Rules and Regulations... 1803-1804.

Title: Commodore Edward Preble's Internal Rules and Regulations... 1803-1804.

Commodore Edward Preble's Internal Rules and Regulations [for the] U.S. Frigate "Constitution," 1803-1804.

ArchivalResource: 1 volume, 89 pages.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/758523425 View

Eaton, William, 1764-1811. Autograph letter signed from William Eaton to Commodore Preble, 1807 June 25.

Title: Autograph letter signed from William Eaton to Commodore Preble, 1807 June 25.

Autograph letter signed at Richmond to Commodore Preble concerning the Aaron Burr conspiracy.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/123410762 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

Chauncey family. Chauncey family papers, 1675-1928 (inclusive).

Title: Chauncey family papers, 1675-1928 (inclusive).

The papers consist of correspondence, account books, financial records, diaries, journals, and other papers relating to the personal lives and professional careers of the Chauncey family of Connecticut. Material relating to the American Revolution and the colonial period includes the correspondence, legal papers, and financial records of Charles Chauncey (1747-1823). The legal papers of Charles Chauncey (1777-1849) document his work in Philadelphia. The European travel diaries for Nathaniel Chauncey (1824-1826) and Durham, Connecticut town records relating to Worthington Gallup Chauncey's municipal duties are also included in the papers.

ArchivalResource: 8 linear ft. (19 boxes, 1 folio)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702153373 View

Brown, Samuel, Sir, 1776-1852. Papers, 1799-1805.

Title: Papers, 1799-1805.

Accounts, inventories, bills and receipts, proposals, estimates, contracts, and miscellaneous correspondence of Samuel Brown as Agent of the United States Navy in Boston. Among the papers are requisitions and inventories of supplies for the ships Argus, Boston, Constitution, Merrimack, Warren, and the captured French corvette Le Berceau. Included are requisitions of Edward Preble, captain of the Constitution. Also included are forms signed by sailors directing that portions of their salaries be paid to their families, and other papers relating to payments for services.

ArchivalResource: 4 boxes and 1 oversize container.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16184725 View

Preble, Edward, 1761-1807. Receipt, 1794.

Title: Receipt, 1794.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/123478662 View

Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Maine. USS Preble collection, 2002.

Title: USS Preble collection, 2002.

Information pamphlets and documents regarding the USS Preble, invitations and tickets to attend the commissioning ceremony, newspaper clippings regarding the commissioning, and photographs taken at the ceremony.

ArchivalResource: .5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/426505110 View

Historical manuscripts collection, 1347-1969, bulk: 1775-1885

Title: Historical manuscripts collection [bulk]:1775-1885 [inclusive]: 1347-1969

This is a varied collection of historical manuscripts obtained by the Free Library of Philadelphia over the course of its history. The collection dates from 1347 to 1969 and is primarily an autograph collection. The collection includes American, British, and European materials; the majority of the items are American. There are typewritten transcriptions of some of the letters in the collection.

ArchivalResource: 1.5 Linear feet

http://dla.library.upenn.edu/dla/pacscl/ead.html?id=PACSCL_FLP_FLPRBDHISTMSS View

Edward Preble Papers, 1680-1912, (bulk 1799-1809)

Title: Edward Preble Papers 1680-1912 (bulk 1799-1809)

United States naval officer. Correspondence, diary, journals, account books, ships' papers and logbooks, muster rolls, signal books, family papers, and other material relating primarily to Preble's naval service.

ArchivalResource: 5,000 items; 58 containers; 8.6 linear feet; 1 microfilm reel

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007087 View

Moses Bond journal 1808-1814 1808 Bond, Moses journal

Title: Moses Bond journal 1808-1814 1808 Bond, Moses journal

Moses Bond's journal contains a memoir of his life from 1786 to 1815, including accounts of his early apprenticeship, vivid descriptions of his sailing career, and his wife's death in childbirth.

ArchivalResource: 35 pages

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-4129bon?rgn=main;view=text View

Whittle, Conway, 1800-1881. Papers, 1773-1911, 1801-1867.

Title: Papers, 1773-1911, 1801-1867.

Papers of Conway Whittle II of Norfolk, Va. and of his two sisters, Mary Eliza Whittle Neale and Frances Munford Whittle Lewis. There are items concerning the earlier generation of the family, represented by Conway Whittle I and his brother Fortescue Whittle, Norfolk merchants. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of social history and naval history (including personal and official correspondence of William Lewis [1781-1815] and several letters of his namesake William Lewis Herndon who served in the Navy and went down in the sinking of the ship Central America in 1857). There are letters written by and concerning Matthew Fontaine Maury. The collection also covers the following subject areas: life in Philadelphia, life in Norfolk, the Whittle family in Mecklenburg County, Va., war with Tripoli (Barbary pirates), Confederate exiles in Nova Scotia, U.S. Civil War, U.S. Customs Service, Dismal Swamp Canal Company, politics, trips to the springs, marriage and courtship, the Protestant Episcopal Church, and slavery. Prominent correspondents in the collection include Charles Jared Ingersoll, Marquis de Lafayette, Tobias Lear, Dolley Madison, James Madison, Margaret Mercer, James Monroe, Edward Preble, John Randolph of Roanoke, and John Tyler.

ArchivalResource: 2, 157 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23353929 View

Barron, Samuel, 1765-1810. Papers, 1793-1942.

Title: Papers, 1793-1942.

Papers and correspondence of three generations of Samuel Barrons, all of whom were involved in naval affairs. Papers, 1793-1809, of Samuel Barron (1765-1810), commander of one of the Mediterranean squadrons sent to defeat Tripoli. Papers concern naval business and the War with Tripoli. Includes correspondence with his brother James Barron, Stephen Decatur, William Eaton (concerning his controversy with Tobias Lear over the Tripolitan peace settlement), Tobias Lear, Edward Preble, John Rodgers, Robert Smith (Secretary of the Navy), and Thomas Truxton. Includes letters written by Preble and Rodgers on board the USS Constitution and letters concerning the capture of William Bainbridge and the seamen of the USS Philadelphia. Collections includes manuscript volume, 1834-1847, of sea service of Samuel Barron (1808-1888) aboard ships in Carribbean and Mediterranean seas and includes a copy made by Samuel Barron (1836-1892) of an account by James Barron of his duel with Decatur. The volume also has genealogical material concerning the Barron family. Papers of Samuel Barron (1808-1888) concern his service off South America and as an officer of Confederate States Navy in command of the European theater. Correspondents include Zebulon Baird Vance, Stephen R. Mallory and Raphael Semmes (giving an account of the engagement between the USS Kearsage and the CSS Alabama). There is a memoir by James Barron Hope in vindication of the censure of Samuel Barron for the loss of Fort Hatteras, N.C., and there are some papers relating to the service of Samuel Barron (1836-1892) as acting master and lieutenant in the Confederate States Navy.

ArchivalResource: 538 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/21181845 View

Preble family. Papers, 1810-1971.

Title: Papers, 1810-1971.

This collection of historical materials relating to the Preble Family includes letters detailing Edward Preble's service on USS Kearsarge during the Civil War, including an account of the sinking of CSS Alabama; newspaper articles on the naval career of Commodore Preble and his relationship to USS Constitution; correspondence with Rear Admiral Dundas Preble Tucker, great-great-grandson of Commodore Preble concerning the writing of Commodore Preble's biography; copies of the Boston Gazette from 1810; photographs of various relics from USS Constitution; newspaper articles on recommissioning of USS Constitution and efforts to restore the ship; minutes and roster of the Old Ironsides Descendant's Committee, dedicated to restoring USS Constitution; and miscellany relating to the Preble Family and USS Constitution.

ArchivalResource: 0.3 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56795090 View

Chauncey, Isaac, 1772-1840. Letter books, 1805-1821.

Title: Letter books, 1805-1821.

Letterbooks containing copies of Cauncey's letters written while serving in various command positions throughout his career as a U.S. naval officer. Six volumes cover the following dates: July 14, 1805-Apr. 3, 1806 (88 p., 8 x 13 in.), Apr. 11, 1809-Sept. 21, 1812 (316 p., 10 x 16 in.), Aug. 27, 1813-July 1, 1814 (550 p., 8 x 10 in.), June 25, 1814-Mar. 17, 1815 (550 p., 7 x 10 in.), Apr. 1, 1817-Dec. 31, 1819 (500 p., 8 x 12 in.), and Jan. 1, 1820-Apr. 10, 1821 (215 p., 8 x 10 in.).

ArchivalResource: 6 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/477023062 View

Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816. Manuscript letter copybooks and diary, 1803-1809. : Algiers.

Title: Manuscript letter copybooks and diary, 1803-1809. : Algiers.

These volumes were written while U.S. Consul General at Algiers; being his retained official records and diary, including all letters sent during the period from August 3, 1803 to June 30, 1809, as well as transcripts of many letters received by Lear. Lear has signed the copybooks some 465 times, and approximately 60% of the entries are in his hand, the balance in his secretary's hand. Copies of 48 letters to James Madison. Included with collection is 1985 ed. of Ray Brighton's book, "The Checkered Career of Tobias Lear."

ArchivalResource: 3 v., bound in vellum, 1027 p. ; 31.5 x 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17251291 View

Preble, Charles E. Preble family genealogical papers, ca. 1918-1990.

Title: Preble family genealogical papers, ca. 1918-1990.

Chiefly genealogical worksheets complied by Charles E. Preble, Jr. These sheets list the family information about each person. This includes spouses, children, and dates of birth, death, and marriage. It also notes the place where these significant events occurred, if possible. This allows one to track the movements of people to different towns, states, or countries. The worksheets are organized alphabetically by first name (chronologically when a first name is shared by more than one person). There is also a folder of miscellaneous information about the family. This includes sketchy family trees, newspaper clippings, and information about the family crest. One of the newspaper clippings is from 1918 describing the Preble family reunion.

ArchivalResource: .5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/232355006 View

U.S. History mss., 1612-1977

Title: U.S. History mss., 1612-1977

Consists of individual items acquiredseparately either as a gift, purchase, transfer, or removal from a variety ofsources, relating to the United States. Additions continue to be made.

ArchivalResource: 551 items

http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/findingaids/view?doc.view=entire_text&docId=InU-Li-VAA1392 View

Brown, Philip Henry, 1831-1893,. Arabic prayerbook possibly belonging to Commodore Edward Preble, ca. 1803.

Title: Arabic prayerbook possibly belonging to Commodore Edward Preble, ca. 1803.

Arabic prayerbook.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/773746835 View

Constitution (Frigate). Ship's papers of the U.S.S. Constitution pertaining to the Tripolitan War, 1803-1805.

Title: Ship's papers of the U.S.S. Constitution pertaining to the Tripolitan War, 1803-1805.

Ships papers of the U.S.S. Constitution pertaining to the Tripolitan War including prisoner reports (27 Jan.-11 Aug. 1804); accounts and supply records; receipt for a slave (17 Nov. 1804) from Isaac Chauncey to Edward Preble; and reports of the sick and wounded from the months of May, June, August, and September, 1804.

ArchivalResource: 5 folders.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191671559 View

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow papers, 1819-1928.

Title: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow papers, 1819-1928.

Papers of American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

ArchivalResource: 227 volumes (15 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00425/catalog View

Century Company records

Title: Century Company records

The Century Company published the Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, which was widely regarded as the best general periodical of its time, performing a role as cultural arbiter during the 1880s and 1890s. It was founded in New York City in 1881 and also published the children's magazine St. Nicholas, dictionaries, and books. The Century Company records date from 1870 to the 1930s and chiefly contain correspondence with contributors, readers, public figures, and literary agents. A number of manuscripts and proofs in the collection are extensively edited and taken with annotations on letters provide a detailed record of the outlook, standards, and functions of the company.

ArchivalResource: 60.4 linear feet; 151 boxes

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/504 View

Tobias Lear papers 1791-1817 Lear, Tobias, papers

Title: Tobias Lear papers 1791-1817 Lear, Tobias, papers

The Tobias Lear papers consist of correspondence and a journal related to Lear's career as the consul general at Algiers, to his contribution during the War of 1812 as a war department secretary, and as a negotiator of prisoner exchanges with the British. Of particular importance is Lear's contemporary account of the illness and death of George Washington.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 linear feet

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-1044lea?rgn=main;view=text View

Dale, Richard, 1756-1826. Papers, 1780-1845.

Title: Papers, 1780-1845.

This collection contains letters (1801-1802) of Commodore Dale to William Bainbridge, Samuel Barron, William Eaton, David Humphreys, Rufus King, and to British, Algerian and Tripolitanian officials. There is also a miscellaneous collection of letters (1780-1845) of Charles Biddle, James Biddle, Mahlon Dickerson, John Paul Jones, John Y. Mason, Oliver H. Perry, Edward Preble, Benjamin Stoddert, Thomas Truxtun, and others. There is a journal by Dale on a voyage to Canton, 1787-1788.

ArchivalResource: 1 microfilm reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122464811 View

Hall, John. Morning report of a detachment of marines, commanded by Captain John Hall, on board the United States frigate Constitution, Commodore Edward Preble, Commander.

Title: Morning report of a detachment of marines, commanded by Captain John Hall, on board the United States frigate Constitution, Commodore Edward Preble, Commander.

Partially printed document completed in manuscript for 30 April 1804. Verso names the two marines listed as sick and the marine listed as confined.

ArchivalResource: 1 ADS ; 16 x 19 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49296133 View

Preble, Edward, 1761-1807. Letter, 1805 October 28, Portland, to Stephen Decatur, Philadelphia.

Title: Letter, 1805 October 28, Portland, to Stephen Decatur, Philadelphia.

Sends congratulations to Decatur's son who has returned from the Mediterranean.

ArchivalResource: 1 p. 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3898125 View

Harwood family. Harwood family papers, 1722-1962.

Title: Harwood family papers, 1722-1962.

Letters, notes, autographs, portraits, and other materials collected by the Harwood Family over a period of two hundred-fifty years. Much of the early materials, including Revolutionary War era materials, are navy and military service related. Later materials include letters from major political, financial, and literary figures. Correspondents include Herbert Hoover, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Ray Lyman Wilbur, Pearl S. Buck, and Carl Sandburg. Also included are engravings, photographs, and autographs of historical figures.

ArchivalResource: 2 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122384267 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

William L. Clements Library. Tobias Lear papers, 1791-1816.

Title: Tobias Lear papers, 1791-1816.

The Tobias Lear papers consist of correspondence and a journal related to Lear's career as the consul general at Algiers, and to his contribution during the War of 1812 as a war department secretary and as a negotiator of prisoner exchanges with the British. Of particular importance is Lear's contemporary account of the illness and death of George Washington.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/759179040 View

Preble, Edward, 1761-1807. Edward Preble memorandum book and U.S. Navy regulations, 1800-1805.

Title: Edward Preble memorandum book and U.S. Navy regulations, 1800-1805.

Memo book (1803-1805) kept by Commodore Edward Preble recording trip expenses to and from Portsmouth, N.H., and Boston; also lists gifts to foreign dignitaries and military officials.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/279266829 View