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Averett, S. W. Logbook : of the Florida (Confederate raider) under Lieutenant Charles M. Morris, 1864 January 9-August 13.

Title: Logbook : of the Florida (Confederate raider) under Lieutenant Charles M. Morris, 1864 January 9-August 13.

This logbook contains daily accounts of the Florida made by crew members while on watch, including location and activities of the ship, weather conditions, repairs made, and activities of the crew. The logbook was written by first lieutenant and executive officer S.W. Averett, lieutenant Samuel Barron, passed midshipman George D. Bryan, passed midshipman Richard S. Floyd, and lieutenant Sardine Graham Stone. The Florida captured and burned the Avon from Boston on 29 March, obtained coal at Martinique on 26 April, went to Bermuda until 1 July where she captured the Harriet Stevens, captured ships off the New England coast, refueled in the Canary Islands on 3 August, and headed to Brazil.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ; 42 cm.

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Barron, Samuel, 1809-1888. Papers of Samuel Barron, 1820-1899.

Title: Papers of Samuel Barron, 1820-1899.

Barron corresponds with family, friends, and naval officers about cruises, naval affairs, and politics, as well as family news, and life in Norfolk, and Essex County, Virginia. Of interest are letters written during the Norfolk yellow fever epidemic of 1855. A large group of Civil War correspondence deals with the safety of U.S. vessels at Pensacola in 1861, the establishment of the Confederate Navy, the defense of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, his capture at Hatteras and eleven months imprisonment in Boston. After his exchange Barron corresponds about the reorganization of the Confederate Navy, the defense of the Mississippi, Tennessee, and Cumberland rivers with iron-clad gunboats, and his mission abroad to order iron-clads and outfit other vessels for the Confederacy. Postwar letters deal almost entirely with family news. The collection also includes some genealogy, photographs, clippings, a sectional sketch of a gunboat and some school-girl essays. Among the correspondents are Samuel Francis DuPont, David Glasgow Farragut, Joseph Eggleston Johnston, Catesby Ap Roger Jones, Stephen Russell Mallory, George Edward Pickett, John Slidell, Francis Henry Smith, John Tyler, Gideon Welles, William Conway Whittle, and Henry Alexander Wise.

ArchivalResource: 697 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30793039 View

Richard Dale papers, 1780-1845, 1780-1845

Title: Richard Dale papers, 1780-1845 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: 1.0 Microfilm reel(s)

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Du Pont, Samuel Francis, 1803-1865. Papers, 1812-1865.

Title: Papers, 1812-1865.

The Samuel Francis Du Pont Papers include correspondence with more than 1,500 individuals. There is a good deal of official and semi-official correspondence describing naval practices and policies as well as Du Pont's career. Of particular interest are letters from British diplomats and naval officers during the 1840s and 50s describing the operations of the British Navy. Letters received from William B. Reed, American minister to China, document the negotiations leading up to the Treaty of Tientsin which opened up China to western trade. Letters from American missionaries Samuel Wells and William and Edward Syle describe the missionary movement in China and efforts to eradicate the opium trade. The files also contain correspondence reflecting Du Pont's role in the Naval Efficiency Board and the reform movement which sought to modernize the navy as it moved into the age of steam.

ArchivalResource: 50 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122503472 View

Steult, Isaac. Letter, Charlottesville, to John K. Mitchell [manuscript] 1863 June 20.

Title: Letter, Charlottesville, to John K. Mitchell [manuscript] 1863 June 20. 1863.

Stuelt acknowledges orders to join Samuel Barron.

ArchivalResource: 1 leaf.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647960112 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

Autograph File, B, ca.1500-1982

Title: Autograph File, B, ca.1500-1982

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: 18.5 linear feet (37 boxes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01425/catalog View