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Paulding, James Kirke, 1778-1860. Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1839.

Title: Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1839.

Two letters to Commodore Charles Stewart: one dated 20 may 1839, referring to James Fenimore Cooper's History of the Navy of the United States of America (Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1839); and one dated 23 May 1839, in which Paulding agrees to loan the logbook of the U.S.S. Constitution "during her cruise under the command of Com. Elliott" to a court of inquiry in Philadelphia.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (2 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155886335 View

Stewart, Charles, 1778-1869. Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to Joseph S. Carles, 1858 Aug. 24.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to Joseph S. Carles, 1858 Aug. 24.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3/4 p.) ; (12mo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270575282 View

Nelson, William, 1847-1914. Historical manuscripts, 1693-1914.

Title: Historical manuscripts, 1693-1914.

Mss. of writings and notes for books by Nelson on the discovery and early history of New Jersey, government and governors of New Jersey, history of the Reformed church at Acquackanonk (later renamed Passaic), New Jersey civil list, New Jersey loyalists, beginnings of freemasonry in Paterson, N.J., and on Joseph Coerten Hornblower and Josiah Hornblower; and mss. of writings collected by Nelson, including sermon on Joseph (1801), bankbook (1801-1807) of Alexander C. McWhorter, receipt book (1802-1810) of John C. MacWhorter, record book (1812-1813) kept by Commander Charles Stewart aboard the Constellation, and account book (1823-1838) kept by Joseph C. Hornblower for the estate of James W. Burnett.

ArchivalResource: 4 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70954879 View

Hunter, William M., d. 1849. Log book and shipboard journal and watch, quarter and station bill of the USS Franklin, 1821-1824.

Title: Log book and shipboard journal and watch, quarter and station bill of the USS Franklin, 1821-1824.

The log book and shipboard journal, kept by First Lieutenant William M. Hunter on board the USS Franklin, begins on August 15, 1821 while the ship was in New York harbor waiting to set sail and ends August 26, 1824, shortly before the ship's return to New York. The log book includes all the usual information including daily entries listing the course of the ship, the ship's position, weather conditions, water remains, sick reports, and interactions with other ships. Hunter also comments often on the schooner Dolphin and its captain, David Conner, as it was accompanying the Franklin on its journey. It also includes several lengthy entries by Hunter detailing ports of call such as: Arica and Valparaíso, Chile; Callao, Peru; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and the Juan Fernández Islands. In these entries he talks about the activities of the crew, meeting local dignitaries, and even mentions Captain Stewart's wife Delia who was also on the voyage. Hunter also comments upon various aspects of the wars of independence against Spain including ships of the Chilean Navy returning from an engagement with Royalists and an attack on Arica, an "undefended town," by a Peruvian ship. The log book also includes 11 sketches by Hunter of various cities and places in South America and a larger chart of Cumberland Bay, also by Hunter, which is folded up and in the log book. The Watch, Quarter and Station bill for the USS Franklin is dated May 1824.

ArchivalResource: 2 volumes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/311868187 View

Tudor, Henry James, 1791-1864. Henry James Tudor papers, 1819-1849.

Title: Henry James Tudor papers, 1819-1849.

Consists chiefly of one hundred and fifty-five letters from family members written between 1819 and 1849. There is also one memo book dated 1827-8 and some undated reports on experiments in salt making conducted by Henry James Tudor. There are about fifteen letters addressed to other members of the Tudor family, a watercolor and lithograph portrait of Henry J Tudor, and a sketch of the family burial plot with annotations by Henry. Includes some social letters to Harry Tudor, medical advice for him, and four letters concerning William Tudor.

ArchivalResource: 170 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/64434445 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

Coffin, Jacob. Ship's papers relating to the Tripolitan War, 1800-1805.

Title: Ship's papers relating to the Tripolitan War, 1800-1805.

Expense accounts of provisions for prisoners (1804), from the Tripolitan War, confined in the house of George Dyson; report on condition of the U.S. brig Syren (14 June 1804), commanded by Lt. Charles Stewart; bill of lading (3 July 1804), for the ship Eliza anchored in Malta en route to Tripoli; list of men employed on gunboats possibly engaged in the Battle of Tripoli (3 Aug. 1804); account of merchandise stolen from arsenal in Syracuse (19 Mar. 1804); dimensions of gunboat submitted by Jacob Coffin, master builder (11 July 1805); list of supplies purchased for the U.S. frigate Essex (26 Sept. 1800); and prize certificate, unsigned and undated.

ArchivalResource: 8 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191957903 View

Stewart, Charles, 1778-1869. Letter to Aaron Clement, 1844.

Title: Letter to Aaron Clement, 1844.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155904037 View

Cremer, John, d. 1822. Journal ... on board the U.S. Ship Franklin of 74 guns : ms. S., 1821 Oct. 1-1822 Feb. 4.

Title: Journal ... on board the U.S. Ship Franklin of 74 guns : ms. S., 1821 Oct. 1-1822 Feb. 4.

Journal in logbook form of a voyage from New York to the Pacific under Commodore Charles Stewart; after reaching Valparaiso, Midshipman Cremer was drowned, March 20, 1822. At end of volume is an unexplained copy of a letter from Jedediah S. Smith to an unnamed correspondent, St. Louis, Missouri, December 27, 1830, concerning botanical specimens brought from the Rocky Mountains (2 p.), and a copy of another letter concerning fruit culture.

ArchivalResource: 114 p. ; 27 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25912637 View

United States. Navy Dept. Records of the U.S. Navy Dept., 1840-1852.

Title: Records of the U.S. Navy Dept., 1840-1852.

Official letters from Navy commissioners and other personnel of the Navy Dept. to naval officers. Correspondents include William Ballard Preston and Charles Stewart.

ArchivalResource: 8 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81991929 View

Various. U. S. Frigate Constitution Documents, 1798-1818, 1853, 1928-1934.

Title: U. S. Frigate Constitution Documents, 1798-1818, 1853, 1928-1934.

Documents include manuscript letters; discharge notice; abstract of journey along coast of Africa (1853); U. S. Navy Yard documents; and typed transcripts.

ArchivalResource: 1 box ( .25 linear feet).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/652102665 View

Sawyer, Horace Bucklin, 1797-1860. Papers of Horace Bucklin Sawyer, 1812-1950.

Title: Papers of Horace Bucklin Sawyer, 1812-1950.

Correspondence and diaries ("Memorandum Books"), chiefly 1814-1856. Includes letterbooks (1813-1857, 1842-1859, 1855-1859) containing copies of incoming and outgoing letters, both official and personal, newspaper clippings, and sketches documenting Sawyer's experiences in the War of 1812; and diaries (1842-1858) recording Sawyer's observations on the Mexican War, political events in the U.S., revolutions in Europe, earthquakes in the West Indies, John Charles Frémont's court-martial, and other contemporary events. Includes some papers relating to other family members: notes of naval records and photos of George Augustus Sawyer (d. 1904), paymaster in the U.S. Navy; obituary of architect Philip Sawyer (d. 1949); and genealogical material. Correspondents include William Bainbridge, Henry E. Ballard, George Bancroft, Abijah Bigelow, Benjamin Crowninshield, Jefferson Davis, James C. Dobbin, Lawrence Kearny, Edmund P. Kennedy, John Y. Mason, Samuel S. Phelps, Joel R. Poinsett, Charles G. Ridgely, Winfield Scott, William S. Shaw, Samuel L. Southard, Charles Stewart, Isaac Toucey, Abel P. Upshur, and Gideon Welles.

ArchivalResource: 900 items.3 containers.1 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/78686454 View

Barnes, John S. (John Sanford), 1836-1911. Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection, 1756-1931.

Title: Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection, 1756-1931.

The collection consists of more than 1,100 letters, clippings, reprints, and other documents amassed by John Sanford Barnes and others to, from, and about notable persons including many with named series in the Naval History Society Collection (e.g., William Bainbridge, John Barry , French E. Chadwick, Gustavus Conyngham, Gustavus Vasa Fox, Caspar F. Goodrich, Isaac Hull, John Paul Jones, Richard Worsam Meade 3rd, Oliver Hazard Perry, and Henry A. Wise). Highlights of the series include documents signed by Presidents John Quincy Adams and James Madison; others signed by John C. Calhoun, Salmon P. Chase, Richard Henry Dana, David Farragut, Robert Fulton, John Hancock, Rufus King, Seth Low, Robert Morris, and Matthew C. Perry; and a lock of Abraham Lincoln's hair removed after his death and sent by Robert Todd Lincoln to Gustavus Vasa Fox at the latter's request. Among David Porter's letters are cartoons and drawings by him, including one of animal-headed naval officers listening to explanations of the value of steam-powered vessels, which complement others in the Naval History Society's Fox collection. The William Smith folder includes a map of an attack on Whampoa, China, in 1870. It is unclear what Barnes's connection was to Nikola Tesla: letters from him indicate that he had visited Barnes in New York in 1904.

ArchivalResource: 1.3 linear ft. (3 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/480242487 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

The Naval History Society Collection, 1721-1995 (bulk 1781-1936)

Title: The Naval History Society Collection 1721-1995 (bulk 1781-1936)

The collection consists of 53 separate collections, many named for renowned naval officers or vessels, documenting both military engagements and routine shipboard experience on naval and some commercial vessels, as well as naval design and the education of officers. The collections include correspondence, letter books, journals and diaries, lectures, essays, account books, biographical writings, genealogical information, scrapbooks, orders, notes, articles and clippings, photographs, manuscripts, and ships' logs, as well as the organizational records and correspondence of the Naval History Society itself.

ArchivalResource: 70.0 Linear feet; (104 boxes, 230 volumes)

http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/nyhs/NHSColl/NHSColl.html View

Hamersley, Thomas S. Papers of Thomas S. Hamersley, 1821-1824.

Title: Papers of Thomas S. Hamersley, 1821-1824.

Journal (1821 October 6-1824 February 2) kept by Lt. Hamersley on board the U.S.S. Franklin, commanded by Charles Stewart, on cruises along the Pacific coast of South America. Includes references to the ports of Valparaiso, Callao, Mollendo, Cumberland Bay, Quilca, and Arica, and to time spent in pursuit of pirates.

ArchivalResource: 1 volume (341 pages).1 container.1 microfilm reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71068535 View

Barron, James, 1769-1851. Philadelphia Navy Yard collection, 1831-1865.

Title: Philadelphia Navy Yard collection, 1831-1865.

Consists chiefly of official correspondence and a few documents related to the operations of the Philadelphia Navy Yard starting in the 1830s and leading up to the Civil War. The collection numbers over 500 letters and orders written by personnel of various U.S. Navy Department bureaus and its Commissioner's Office to commanders of the Philadelphia Navy Yard, providing a very clear picture of the function of the various bureaus in the construction and outfitting of naval ships.

ArchivalResource: 0.6 linear ft. (1 archival box, 1 half-size archival box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/429426569 View

American Philosophical Society Library. Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection. 1668-1983.

Title: Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection

Though the Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection is composed of items that do not fall readily into any other existing collection, the two dominant intellectual areas represented in the collection are Early American History and History of Science.

ArchivalResource: 25.0 Linear feet

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.Ms.Coll.200-ead.xml View

Hunter, William M., d. 1849. Receipt book kept on board of the U.S. Frigate Constitution, 1814, May 21 -- Oct. 18.

Title: Receipt book kept on board of the U.S. Frigate Constitution, 1814, May 21 -- Oct. 18.

A ledger, kept by Lieutenant Willim H. Hunter, recording advances on bounty received by seamen recruited in in Boston in 1814. All records are signed by the recruits. The first series (ff. 1-18) covers the month from May 21 to June 22 and ends with a tally of "checks drawn." The second portion (ff. 19-34) reflects payments made from Aug. 25 to October 18.

ArchivalResource: 34 leaves, 18 cm., stitched notebook; contemporary covers of marbled paper.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/244444934 View

Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (Philadelphia, Pa.). Office of the Commanding Naval Officer. Letters received, 1831-1842.

Title: Letters received, 1831-1842.

Collection of letters received by the Commanding Officer of the Philadelphia Navy Yard, sent by the U.S. Navy Department, Board of Navy Commissioners, including 59 signed by John Rodgers, 58 by Isaac Chauncey, 1 by A.P. Upshur and 61 by Lewis Warrington. The letters concern the refitting, outfitting and building of ships at the yard, and while many refer to enclosures no longer with the letter, some include specifications and prices for timber, masts, sails, ordnance, etc. Some ships mentioned are the Pennsylvania, the Warren, the Raritan and the Enterprise.

ArchivalResource: 183 items (1 clamshell box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57469468 View

United States. Navy. Papers, 1831-1877.

Title: Papers, 1831-1877.

Letters, general orders, court-martial records, regulations, etc., addressed to officials at the Navy Yard, Philadelphia. Among the commanders mentioned are James Barron, Charles Stewart, Captain George C. Read, and others. Some of the letters and documents bear the signature of Levi Woodbury, John Boyle, Mahlon Dickerson, A. P. Upshur, and George Bancroft.

ArchivalResource: ca. 150 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122380292 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

Fuller, B. A. G., 1879-1956. Autograph collection, 1620-1920

Title: B. A. G. Fuller autograph collection

Letters and autographs collected by Harvard University philosophy professor B.A.G. Fuller.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear feet (3 volumes and 1 box)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00985/catalog View