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Bullus, Oscar, ca. 1800-1871. Letter: to Commodore David Conner /by Oscar Bullus 1847 Mar 15.

Title: Letter: to Commodore David Conner /by Oscar Bullus 1847 Mar 15.

On naval operations off Vera Cruz.

ArchivalResource: 4 p.; 32 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702128353 View

David P. Conner Correspondence, 1807-1889

Title: David P. Conner Correspondence 1807-1889

Correspondence of an officer in the United States Navy with his wife, sister, and brother (who appears to have managed some of Conner's property).

ArchivalResource: 0.3 linear ft. (SC)

http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/c/conner_dp.htm View

Conner, Susan Dillwyn Physick. Conner Family Papers, 1816-1903 1832-1856.

Title: Conner Family Papers, 1816-1903 1832-1856.

Collection consists primarily of journals (f. 1, v. 2-24) kept by Susan Conner from 1829 to 1856. Her lengthy entries discuss her family, especially her husband Commodore David Connor, daily activities and household matters at her homes in Philadelphia and Maryland. Notable are her journals from 1834-35 (v. 11-13), which contain a record of her trip sailing through the Mediterranean on her husband's ship, the USS JOHN ADAMS. Her 1843-48 journal (v. 16) is also noteworthy for its description of her husband's role as commander of the Gulf Squadron in the Mexican-American War. The collection also includes an unfinished autobiography, scrapbook and notebooks of Susan Conner, journals kept by Philip Conner, a journal kept by Mary Conner, account books, letters and notes.

ArchivalResource: 35 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55673312 View

Conner family papers, Bulk, 1832-1856, Bulk, 1832-1856 1816-1903

Title: Conner family papers Bulk, 1832-1856 Bulk, 1832-1856 1816-1903

Susan Dillwyn Physick was born on June 22, 1803, in Philadelphia, the second of four children. Her parents were Elizabeth Emlen, whose family was one of the wealthiest in Philadelphia, and Philip Syng Physick, the prominent physician. In 1824 she met naval Master-Commandant David Conner, and the two married on June 25, 1828. The Conner family papers consist primarily of 23 journals kept by Susan Dillwyn Physick Conner from 1832 to 1856. The collection also includes her unfinished autobiography with amendments by her son, a scrapbook, two notebooks, two journals by her son, one journal by Philip Conner’s wife, two letters (one by Mary Lewis, one by Philip Conner), three account books, two published books owned by Susan Physick Conner, and notes and drafts by Arthur Hale, Philip Conner’s son-in-law.

ArchivalResource: 3.0 Folders

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

Conner, David, 1792-1856. David Conner papers, 1817-1847 (bulk 1844-1847).

Title: David Conner papers, 1817-1847 (bulk 1844-1847).

Corrrespondence, reports, invoices, ships returns, extracts from ships logs, and other official naval papers primarily pertaining to Conner's service as commander of U.S. naval forces in the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. Many of the letters are from commanders of vessels, such as the Bainbridge, Falmouth, Porpoise, Potomac, and Vandalia. Includes material relating to the 1844 revolution in the Dominican Republic, naval operations in the Mexican War, and preparations for the attack on Veracruz Llave, Mexico, where Conner managed the landing of General Winfield Scott's army. Correspondents include John H. Aulick, George Bancroft, Franklin Chase, W.H. Chase, John S. Chauncey, Joseph Gideon, James William Glass, John Gwinn, William E. Hunt, W. Latimer, E.A.F. Lavallette, Henri Levi, John Y. Mason, Joseph Mattison, John L. Saunders, and Winfield Scott.

ArchivalResource: 400 items.3 containers.0.6 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70981121 View

Rodgers, Robert S. Account book relating to the ship Mississippi and a detachment of vessels under the command of Matthew C. Perry, 1847-1853.

Title: Account book relating to the ship Mississippi and a detachment of vessels under the command of Matthew C. Perry, 1847-1853.

Manuscript account book maintained by Robert S. Rodgers, prize agent for Captain Matthew C. Perry and crew members of the ships Mississippi, Bonita, Forward, McLane, Reefer and Vixen under Perry's command. During their Mexican War expedition to Frontera, Tabasco, Laguna, and later Vera Cruz, Mexico, Perry and his men captured a number of vessels which were subsequently taken into the service of the United States by order of Commodore David Conner. Rodgers' account book contains a list of all the men on each of the ships, the vessels captured, prize monies owed by the United States to each ship, and monies he received. The volume also contains copies in Rodgers' hand of letters by Rodgers, Thomas Allen Clark, C. J. Stewart and others relating to a lawsuit regarding the disbursement of the money. Accompanied by a four-page undated fragment of a letter to an unidentified recipient regarding the case.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ([76] p.) ; 27 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/78563042 View

John Gwinn Papers, 1815-1864, (bulk 1825-1849)

Title: John Gwinn Papers 1815-1864 (bulk 1825-1849)

Naval officer. Official and general correspondence, personal journals, commissions, printed matter, and miscellaneous material documenting Gwinn's career in the Navy before the Civil War.

ArchivalResource: 900 items; 3 containers; 2 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010027 View

Letters to Matthew Calbraith Perry from various correspondents, 1799-1945.

Title: Letters to Matthew Calbraith Perry from various correspondents, 1799-1945.

Letters to American naval officer Matthew Perry, many pertaining to naval affairs.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00699/catalog View

Edward H. Fitzgerald journals 1834-1852 1834-1844 Fitzgerald, Edward H., journals

Title: Edward H. Fitzgerald journals 1834-1852 1834-1844 Fitzgerald, Edward H., journals

The Edward H. Fitzgerald journals are comprised of two volumes and one document, belonging to a U.S. army officer who served in the Seminole War, the Mexican War, and at several western outposts in California and Oregon. The volumes amount to Fitzgerald's daily journal kept during his service with the navy in the Mediterranean. He wrote sporadic diary entries and poems in Florida during the Seminole War and in Mexico and California.

ArchivalResource: 2 volumes and 1 document

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-3192.1fit?rgn=main;view=text View

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945,. Naval and marine manuscripts, 1731-1942.

Title: Naval and marine manuscripts, 1731-1942.

Correspondence, diaries, journals, logbooks, and indexes to books and articles concerning United States naval history, including the periods of the Revolutionary War, war with France, war with Tripoli, Mexican War, Civil War, Spanish-American War, and World War I. Other subjects include history of sailing ships and steamships, naval actions, explorations, privateering, whaling, sea trading, and description of foreign lands. Includes papers of Rear Admiral John J. Almy, 1862-1867, Rear Admiral David Conner, 1808-1856, and Admiral David Dixon Porter, 1846-1886; manuscript memoirs of Admiral Robley D. Evans, 1846-1898; letter book of Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry, 1837; autobiographical manuscript Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schey (1839-1909); ship's logs from the ships ADAMS, 1802-1803, CONSTITUTION, 1813-1815, CUMBERLAND, 1843-1844, ESSEX, 1800, PHILADELPHIA, 1801, and ST. LOUIS, 1839; journals written aboard the U.S.S. BROOKLYN, 1886-1888, DALE, 1846-1849, HORNET, 1827, ONTARIO, 1825-1828, ST. LOUIS, 1829-1831, and the whaling ship BENJAMIN RUSH; original manifest of the S.S. LUSITANIA, 1915; and order book of the British ship H.M.S. VALIANT, 1790.

ArchivalResource: 36 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155525344 View

Fitzgerald, Edward H., 1815-1860. Edward H. Fitzgerald journals, 1834-1852, bulk 1834-1844.

Title: Edward H. Fitzgerald journals, 1834-1852, bulk 1834-1844.

The Edward H. Fitzgerald journals are comprised of two volumes and one document belonging to a U.S. army officer who served in the Seminole War, the Mexican War, and at several western outposts in California and Oregon. The volumes are Fitzgerald's daily journals kept during his service with the navy in the Mediterranean. He wrote sporadic diary entries and poems in Florida during the Seminole War and in Mexico and California.

ArchivalResource: 2 v. and 1 document.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/758450209 View

Bliss, William Wallace Smith, 1815-1853. Letters, 1846-1849.

Title: Letters, 1846-1849.

Army officer. Letter of 1846 informing Munroe of the need for naval assistance for the expedition to Brazos Santiago. In 1849, Bliss, as personal secretary to President Taylor, writes to the Commissioner of Customs regarding the duty of the carpets for the White House.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5228281 View

Conner, David, 1792-1856. Letter, to the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, 1844.

Title: Letter, to the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, 1844.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155904221 View

David Conner papers, 1816-1856

Title: David Conner papers 1816-1856

David Conner (1792-1856) was a United States naval officer. He served as Navy Commissioner; chief of the Bureau of Construction, Equipment and Repair; commander of the U.S. naval force in the Gulf of Mexico during the war with Mexico; and commandant of the naval base at Philadelphia. Collection consists of correspondence and official papers of Conner. Bulk of the collection is correspondence, mostly incoming, from Secretaries of the Navy, naval bureaucrats, ships' officers, crew members, U.S. consuls, foreign diplomats, and captains of ships in Conner's squadron. Also, official Navy Dept. instructions, sailing orders, diplomatic papers, instructions, secret intelligence reports, records of courts-martial, crew lists, and other papers concerning preparation for combat, deployment of ships, political conditions, and naval routines.

ArchivalResource: 5.7 linear feet (19 boxes)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/642 View

Rodgers, Robert S. Account book relating to the ship Mississippi and a detachment of vessels under the command of Matthew C. Perry, 1847-1853.

Title: Account book relating to the ship Mississippi and a detachment of vessels under the command of Matthew C. Perry, 1847-1853.

Manuscript account book maintained by Robert S. Rodgers, prize agent for Captain Matthew C. Perry and crew members of the ships Mississippi, Bonita, Forward, McLane, Reefer and Vixen under Perry's command. During their Mexican War expedition to Frontera, Tabasco, Laguna, and later Vera Cruz, Mexico, Perry and his men captured a number of vessels which were subsequently taken into the service of the United States by order of Commodore David Conner. Rodgers' account book contains a list of all the men on each of the ships, the vessels captured, prize monies owed by the United States to each ship, and monies he received. The volume also contains copies in Rodgers' hand of letters by Rodgers, Thomas Allen Clark, C. J. Stewart and others relating to a lawsuit regarding the disbursement of the money. Accompanied by a four-page undated fragment of a letter to an unidentified recipient regarding the case.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ([76] p.) ; 27 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702148528 View

US Frigate Potomac collection 1844-1847 1844-1845 Potomac, US Frigate collection

Title: US Frigate Potomac collection 1844-1847 1844-1845 Potomac, US Frigate collection

The US Frigate collection is made up of a letter book and logbook concerning the ship's service along the Atlantic coast, in the Gulf of Mexico, and in the Caribbean in the mid-1840s. The letter book contains correspondence between Captain John Gwinn and various navy officials from 1844-1847, and the log chronicles daily incidents onboard the from 1844-1845. Potomac Potomac

ArchivalResource: 2 volumes

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-2593pot?rgn=main;view=text View

Edmund Physick Family Papers, 1759-1899

Title: Edmund Physick Family Papers 1759-1899

Public official of Pennsylvania. Correspondence, receipt and account books, log of the (sloop of war), medical recipe book, order book of the (ship), and other papers relating chiefly to matters of business and the estates of various members of the Physick family, including Edmund Physick (1726?-1804), Philip Syng Physick (1768-1837), Henry White Physick, Abigail (Syng) Physick, and Theodore Physick (1805-1834), and others. Erie Dolphin

ArchivalResource: 100 items; 7 containers; 2.6 linear feet; 2 microfilm reels

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012110 View

Conner, Philip Syng Physick, 1837-1910. Philip Syng Physick Conner letter to David Lewis and song in honor of his father, Com. Conner, 1847-1908.

Title: Philip Syng Physick Conner letter to David Lewis and song in honor of his father, Com. Conner, 1847-1908.

The collection consists of two items: letter from Philip Syng Physick Conner to Col. David Lewis, 6 June 1908, accompanying a song he had requested; also, printed lyrics to song sung by Col. Page at a complimentary dinner given to Com. Conner, praising patriotism, the festive occasion, and Conner. The dinner occurred 6 May, 1847, but the broadside is otherwise undated.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/156887455 View

David Conner papers, 1845-1846

Title: David Conner papers 1845-1846

The collection contains letters to and from David Conner, third party correspondence, and proclamations of the Mexican government, concerning the war between Mexico and the United States, particularly about the Yucatan.

ArchivalResource: Total Boxes: 1; Linear Feet: 0.5

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

Conner, David, 1792-1856. ALS : Philadelphia, to R. C. Hale, 1837 June 10.

Title: ALS : Philadelphia, to R. C. Hale, 1837 June 10.

Letter accompanying a check for money owed to Hale's father.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86165791 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

Conner, David, 1792-1856. David Conner papers, 1816-1856.

Title: David Conner papers, 1816-1856.

Collection consists of correspondence and official papers of Conner.

ArchivalResource: 5.7 linear feet (19 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/144652199 View

Sanderson, Winslow F., d. 1853. Winslow Fuller Sanderson papers, 1846-1860.

Title: Winslow Fuller Sanderson papers, 1846-1860.

In letters to his wife and children, Sanderson writes about his family, financial affairs, his military career, critical remarks of the officers, and progress of the Mexican war. After the war, his letters tell about his commands and duties at Fort Laramie, Fort Leavenworth, on the Western Plains, at a military court in Tampa, Florida, and the Rio Grande. There is a clipping telling about the old and new Fort Laramie, the expense of maintaining forts, and the death of Indians from cholera.

ArchivalResource: 285 p. in 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702126755 View