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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

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

Dent, John H. (John Herbert), 1782-1823. John H. Dent letterbook, 1813-1814.

Title: John H. Dent letterbook, 1813-1814.

Correspondence of Commodore John H. Dent documenting his allocation of scarce ships and manpower to insure protection of the lower south Atlantic coast; the difficulties commonly encountered by the U.S. Navy, such as desertion, recruiting shortages, ship construction and repairs; skirmishes with both British ships and privateers; and the conflicting demands Dent had to resolve the expectations of superiors in Washington and those of local Carolina authorities. Correspondents include Secretary of the Navy William Jones; Commodore Hugh G. Campbell, commanding naval officer at St. Mary's, Ga.; Lt. T.N. Gautier, commander of the U.S. Naval flotilla at Wilmington, N.C.; and various navy and army officers, including William Joyner, James Mork, Lawrence Kearney, Charles E. Crowley, and Edmund P. Kennedy, and Col. William Drayton. Places referenced include Beaufort, Charleston, and Georgetown, S.C., Savannah, Ga., and Washington, D.C.

ArchivalResource: 1 volume.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28408621 View

Jones and Clarke papers, 1784-1816.

Title: Jones and Clarke papers, 1784-1816.

Letters, accounts, and other business records relating to the commercial enterprises of William Jones and Samuel Clarke of Philadelphia and Charleston, who were engaged in trade with the West Indies and European countries, shipping sugar, coffee, turpentine, brandy, and other commodities. The papers contain information on British and French spoliation, embargoes, privateering, shipbuilding, finance, insurance, commodity prices. The correspondence includes letters, 1808-1812, of Nathaniel Macon, member of Congress from North Carolina, concerning congressional debates on the question of war with England in 1812; also letters of Commodore Thomas Truxtun, Captain Hugh G. Campbell, Thomas Willing, Joshua Humphreys, John Binns.

ArchivalResource: ca. 500 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86138678 View

Clarke, George J. F. Plano del ataque de Fernandina el 17 de Marzo de 1812 / Jorge J.F. Clarke.

Title: Plano del ataque de Fernandina el 17 de Marzo de 1812 / Jorge J.F. Clarke. [1913]

Map of the invasion of the Spanish port of Fernandina on Amelia Island, Florida, undertaken to enforce shipping embargoes prior to the War of 1812. Shows positions of eight U.S. ships and nine galleys crewed by irregular militia from the short-lived Republic of Florida. Numbered key includes notes describing the coordinated actions of forces led by U.S. naval officer Hugh G. Campbell and General George Mathews, forcing the surrender of the Spanish garrison commanded by captain Justo López.

ArchivalResource: 1 photostat : map ; 80 x 133 mm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37969252 View