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Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851. Papers, 1792-1884.

Title: Papers, 1792-1884.

This collection consists of many of Cooper's own papers, along with some papers of other family members, which were in the possession of Cooper's great-grandson, Paul Fenimore Cooper, Jr. It contains a number of manuscripts of Cooper's works, including four of his novels (_Red Rover_, _The Bravo_, _Satanstoe_, and _The Chainbearer_), along with fragments of other works. The papers also include extensive correspondence, notably with Cooper's American publisher Carey and Lea, and with members of the Cooper and De Lancey families. There are many letters written by Cooper to Commodore William Branford Shubrick (1790-1874). Also in the collection are business papers and ledgers, copies of contracts, deeds, and indentures.

ArchivalResource: 8 boxes.1 box ; oversize.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/207127463 View

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

United States. Navy Dept. Orders to William Branford Shubrick, 1846 Aug 17.

Title: Orders to William Branford Shubrick, 1846 Aug 17.

Autograph manuscript orders, signed, from George Bancroft, Secretary of the Navy, to Commodore William Branford Shubrick, commander of United States Naval Forces in the Pacific Ocean, instructing Bancroft to take possession of Upper California as part of operations of the United States in the Mexican War. The orders specify Shubrick's objectives in Upper California and discuss cooperation with land forces and operations against Mexican ports of the Gulf of California. Enclosures, most relating to objectives of land forces, are listed but are not present.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (10 p.) ; 33 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84226134 View

Shubrick, William Bradford, 1790-1874. Letter to "Dr. [Spruston?] [manuscript], 1834 April 15.

Title: Letter to "Dr. [Spruston?] [manuscript], 1834 April 15.

Shubrick explains why he has not seen the doctor, comments on the health of the doctor and himself, and refers briefly to [George Campbell Read's squadron and the "Levant."

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647993598 View

Coffin, James H. (James Henry), 1806-1873. James Henry Coffin Papers, 1848-1884

Title: James Henry Coffin Papers, 1848-1884

These papers consist of correspondence concerning temperature, wind, and weather reports of the Hudson Bay region, 1848; resolutions of condolence to Coffin's son, Seldon J. Coffin, from students and alumni of Lafayette College after Coffin's death, 1873; newspaper articles; an illustration of James H. Coffin; and the original manuscript of Winds of the Northern Hemisphere. Additional correspondence of James Henry Coffin exists elsewhere in the Smithsonian Institution Archives, especially in the Joseph Henry Collection, Record Unit 7001, and Meteorological Project Records, Record Unit 60.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)

https://sova.si.edu/record/SIA.FARU7060 View

James Fenimore Cooper collection, 1792-1976, 1792-1894

Title: James Fenimore Cooper collection 1792-1976 1792-1894

The collection provides evidence of the personal and professional life of James Fenimore Cooper, and to a lesser degree, the Cooper family, between 1792 and 1976. The collection documents Cooper's writing career, service in the United States Navy, and travels through Europe, and consists of correspondence, writings, personal papers, legal and financial documents, clippings, artwork, and objects. As an author who was engaged in the process of printing and publishing his works, and who was deeply interested in copyright, Cooper's papers shed light on book production during the mid nineteenth-century.

ArchivalResource: 18.36 linear feet (36 boxes) + 20 broadside folders, 4 objects.

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.cooper View

Kennon, Beverly, fl. 1839. Letter signed : "U. S. Frigate Macedonian, Pensacola", to Comm. W. B. Shubrick, 1839 Sept. 4.

Title: Letter signed : "U. S. Frigate Macedonian, Pensacola", to Comm. W. B. Shubrick, 1839 Sept. 4.

Forwarding the resignation of Midshipman Weyman and recommending that it be accepted because of Weyman's drunkenness and misconduct.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270495225 View

Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1863-1879

Title: SIA RU000026, Smithsonian Institution Office of the Secretary, Correspondence, 1863-1879

This series consists mostly of correspondence addressed to Joseph Henry, much of which received his personal attention; also included are some copies of Henry letters, occasional returned original Henry letters, and a considerable number of letters to Spencer Fullerton Baird.

ArchivalResource: 59.56 cubic feet

https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_216640 View

National Archives And Records Administration. Trent Collection.

Title: National Archives And Records Administration. Trent Collection.

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Ticknor, Benajah, 1788-1858. Papers, 1818-1852

Title: Benajah Ticknor papers 1818-1852

Journals, letterbook, medical notes, and essays of Benajah Ticknor, doctor and surgeon with the U.S. Navy. Of primary importance are the journals which describe journeys made by Ticknor with the Navy to South America, the Far East, and Europe.

ArchivalResource: 1.5 linear feet (3 boxes)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0495 View

Autograph File, C

Title: Autograph File, C

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: 14.5 linear feet (29 boxes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01426/catalog View

Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1865-1891

Title: Correspondence, 1865-1891

This record unit consists of outgoing correspondence from the Office of the Secretary during the tenures of Joseph, Henry, 1846-1878; Spencer Fullerton Baird, 1878-1887; and Samuel Pierpoint Langley, 1887-1906.

ArchivalResource: 46.06 cu. ft. (62 document boxes) (68 3x5 boxes) (243 microfilm reels)

https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_216647 View

Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867. Alexander Dallas Bache Papers, 1821-1869

Title: Alexander Dallas Bache Papers, 1821-1869

The papers of Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867) relate to his study of European education, his appointment as Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, his professional intercourse with other scientists on a broad range of topics, his own research, and his work on the United States Lighthouse Board. They include diaries, 1836-1837, of his study of educational institutions in Britain; correspondence, 1821-1866, documenting his European trip, his work on education during the years 1839-1841, and his contact with the American scientific community; small collections of papers concerning the Coast Survey, the Lighthouse Board, and the Smithsonian Institution; letters to his wife, Nancy Clarke Fowler Bache; and a small collection of posthumous papers.

ArchivalResource: 3.47 cu. ft. (5 document boxes) (3 half document boxes) (2 microfilm reels) (6 oversize folders)

https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_217212 View

Elliott, Jesse D. (Jesse Duncan), 1782-1845. Jesse D. Elliott letter to Dolley Madison [manuscript], 1845 January 15.

Title: Jesse D. Elliott letter to Dolley Madison [manuscript], 1845 January 15.

Elliott reminiscences about early days and old mutual friends. He regrets that John F. Watson's "Annals of Philadelphia" were not sent to her; mentions an interview he and George Dallas had with Albert Gallatin and the careers of Gallatin's sons; describes a letter from Andrew Jackson containing a lock of his hair for distribution among Elliott's children some of which he will present to her; conveys news of Dolley's cousin; would like a daguerreotype of Dolley when he returns to his command; and hopes his friend William Shubrick had not been deficient in gallantry to her.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647998710 View

Ticknor, Benajah, 1788-1858. Papers, 1818-1852

Title: Benajah Ticknor papers 1818-1852

Graduated from Berkshire Medical Institute ca. 1810; joined U.S. Navy ca. 1816; first tour of duty in 1818; retired from the Navy in 1852 from post of chief Surgeon of the Boston Navy Yard. Journals, letter book, medical notes, correspondence, and essays of Benajah Ticknor, doctor and surgeon with the U.S. Navy. Of primary importance are the journals which describe journeys made by Ticknor with the Navy to South America, the Far East, and Europe.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear feet and 3 microfilm rolls

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhlead/umich-bhl-8986?rgn=main;view=text View

National Archives And Records Administration. Rg 233: House Of Representatives.

Title: National Archives And Records Administration. Rg 233: House Of Representatives.

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Ticknor, Benajah, 1788-1858. Benajah Ticknor papers, 1818-1852.

Title: Benajah Ticknor papers, 1818-1852.

Journals, letterbook, medical notes, correspondence, and essays of Benajah Ticknor, doctor and surgeon with the U.S. Navy. Of primary importance are the journals which describe journeys made by Ticknor with the Navy to South America, the Far East, and Europe.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/85778254 View

Ticknor, Benajah, 1788-1858. Benajah Ticknor papers, 1818-1852 (inclusive).

Title: Benajah Ticknor papers, 1818-1852 (inclusive).

Journals, letterbook, medical notes, and essays of Benajah Ticknor, doctor and surgeon with the U.S. Navy. Of primary importance are the journals which describe journeys made by Ticknor with the Navy to South America, the Far East, and Europe.

ArchivalResource: 1.5 linear ft. (3 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702205872 View

Monterey Public Library. California History Room. California history, 1846-1849 clippings 1846-2004.

Title: California history, 1846-1849 clippings 1846-2004.

ArchivalResource: 2 folders.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/637241346 View

University Of Pennsylvania, Rare Book And Manuscript Librar. General Manuscripts Collection.

Title: University Of Pennsylvania, Rare Book And Manuscript Librar. General Manuscripts Collection.

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Records of the U.S. Coast Guard.

Title: Records of the U.S. Coast Guard.

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/355 View

United States. Navy Dept. Orders to William Branford Shubrick, 1846 Aug 17.

Title: Orders to William Branford Shubrick, 1846 Aug 17.

Autograph manuscript orders, signed, from George Bancroft, Secretary of the Navy, to Commodore William Branford Shubrick, commander of United States Naval Forces in the Pacific Ocean, instructing Bancroft to take possession of Upper California as part of operations of the United States in the Mexican War. The orders specify Shubrick's objectives in Upper California and discuss cooperation with land forces and operations against Mexican ports of the Gulf of California. Enclosures, most relating to objectives of land forces, are listed but are not present.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (10 p.) ; 33 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702150288 View

Moerenhout, J. A. (Jacques Antoine), 1796-1879. Jacques Antoine Moerenhout letter to W.B. Shubrick : Monterey, Calif. : ALS, 1847 Feb. 10.

Title: Jacques Antoine Moerenhout letter to W.B. Shubrick : Monterey, Calif. : ALS, 1847 Feb. 10.

Letter, written while French consul, complaining of bad treatment of French nationals by American troops under J.C. Frémont. Enclosures: copies of his correspondence with Frémont, and a statement from Theophile Dague.

ArchivalResource: 4 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/743388528 View

Shubrick, William Branford, 1790-1874. William Branford Shubrick correspondence, 1863.

Title: William Branford Shubrick correspondence, 1863.

ALS (1863 June 23) from Shubrick to an unknown recipient in which he summarizes his naval career with particular emphasis on naval operations during the War of 1812 and Mexican War and the success of a mission (1858) to Paraguay.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70980458 View

Shubrick, William Branford, 1790-1874. Letter, June 14, 1862.

Title: Letter, June 14, 1862.

Manuscript letter, signed, Washington, DC, June 14, 1862 to an unidentified Union colonel. Regards the Lighthouse Board and conditions in the South during the Civil War. Shubrick expresses confidence in the General McLellan and the Union naval forces.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.) ; 5 x 8 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46343678 View

MARTIN PAPERS. Vol. CXVIII. General correspondence of Sir Henry Byam Martin; 7 Jan. 1834-11 Feb. 1855. Paper; ff. 491. Folio.Society Islands: Papers conc. British and French relations in: 1843.: Engl. and Fr.includes:ff. 1, 466, 477, 479, 480, 486 ...

Title: MARTIN PAPERS. Vol. CXVIII. General correspondence of Sir Henry Byam Martin; 7 Jan. 1834-11 Feb. 1855. Paper; ff. 491. Folio.Society Islands: Papers conc. British and French relations in: 1843.: Engl. and Fr.includes:ff. 1, 466, 477, 479, 480, 486 ... 7 Jan 1834-11 Feb 1855

ArchivalResource: 1 item

http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?srt=rank&ct=search&mode=Basic&indx=1&vl(freeText0)=040-002085099&fn=search&vid=IAMS_VU2 View

Shubrick, William Branford, 1790-1874. Letter, September 28, 1849.

Title: Letter, September 28, 1849.

Personal holograph letter from Washington, D.C. to his wife, 28 September, 1849, regarding the furnishing of their home, their grandchildren and family matters.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/733517620 View

Rhees, William Jones, 1830-1907. William Jones Rhees Papers, 1744-1907

Title: William Jones Rhees Papers 1744-1907

This collection contains the papers of Smithsonian chief clerk, bibliographer, and collector William Jones Rhees (1830-1907), of materials assembled chiefly for their autograph value, though the collection contains various groups of related materials. Includes papers of American physicist and surveyor Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867), American geographer Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864), National Institute for the Promotion of Sciences, and the Smithsonian Institution, as well as correspondence of William Jones Rhees, letters and papers addressed to the United States Pension Bureau, letters and papers related to Indian affairs, and miscellaneous autograph letters and documents.

ArchivalResource: Approx. 4,700 pieces in 64 boxes.

https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8j96c46/ View

Luce, Stephen Bleecker, 1827-1917. Letter, August 18, 1849.

Title: Letter, August 18, 1849. [1849]

Letter from W.F. Shubrick, president of the Board of Examiners, informing Luce that he passed his U.S. Naval Academy examinations.

ArchivalResource: 1 item ; 8" x 10".

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/725379279 View

Shubrick, William Branford, 1790-1874. Letter, March 17, [n.y.]

Title: Letter, March 17, [n.y.]

Personal holograph letter to his wife, 17 March, no date given, no place given. Regarding his travel plans, and the wealth of various individuals.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/733332445 View

Allmand family. Papers, 1796-1891. Section 19.

Title: Papers, 1796-1891. Section 19.

Letters, 1841, written by or addressed to James F. Hunter, James Jarvis, William Branford Shubrick, and Tazewell Taylor concerning the procurement of live oak in St. Mary Parish, La., to fulfill the contract of John Driver Allmand, William N. Ivy, and Daniel Sanford with the U.S. Navy.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39026791 View

Ticknor, Benajah, 1788-1858. Benajah Ticknor papers, 1818-1852 (inclusive).

Title: Benajah Ticknor papers, 1818-1852 (inclusive).

Journals, letterbook, medical notes, and essays of Benajah Ticknor, doctor and surgeon with the U.S. Navy. Of primary importance are the journals which describe journeys made by Ticknor with the Navy to South America, the Far East, and Europe.

ArchivalResource: 1.5 linear ft. (3 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122390808 View