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Luce, Stephen Bleecker, 1827-1917. Letter, March 1, 1865.

Title: Letter, March 1, 1865.

Letter from Lieutenant Commander Stephen B. Luce to Commodore George S. Blake, March 1, 1865. U.S.S. Pontiac, Savannah, Georgia.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.)

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Blake, George S. (George Smith), 1803-1871. Letter, November 25, 1865.

Title: Letter, November 25, 1865.

Autographed letter signed to F.P.C. Winship, November 25, 1865, Newport, RI, advising him that he had been relieved as Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy by David D. Porter. Information on admissions can be obtained from Annapolis.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Blake, George Smith, 1802-1871. George S. Blake diary, 1866-1867.

Title: George S. Blake diary, 1866-1867.

Diary kept by Commodore George S. Blake while keeping lighthouse duties in Boston Harbor, 1866-67. Blake served as Lighthouse Inspector for the United States Lighthouse Service. Daily entries describe weather conditions and boats adrift in the harbor; and include comments and critiques of family members, politics, and the black suffrage movement. Also includes an albumen print of Blake's granddaughter pasted into the diary.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. in a case.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49632242 View

Blake, George S. (George Smith), 1803-1871. Letters, 1857-1863.

Title: Letters, 1857-1863.

These letters to his brother, Joseph, in Worcester, Mass., reminisce on his boyhood in Worcester and his career in the navy, describe his superintendency of the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md. and the Naval School at Newport, R.I., and analyze the use of artesian wells. In a letter dated 3 March 1859, Blake admitted writing biographical sketches of naval figures in _Appleton's Cyclopaedia of Biography_, while his letter dated 4 January 1863 argued that the defeat of the Confederacy was inevitable. Another letter, written in 1858, complained of cost overruns in the construction of a ship.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder (19 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191259177 View

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874. Correspondence, 1829-1874

Title: Charles Sumner correspondence, 1829-1874

Letters to Charles Sumner, lawyer, Republican senator from Massachusetts, and anti-slavery campaigner; with a smaller number of letters from Sumner to others.

ArchivalResource: 33 cartons (43.1 linear ft.)

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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

Blake, George S. (George Smith), 1803-1871. Letter, May 12, 1863.

Title: Letter, May 12, 1863.

Letter from Commodore George Smith Blake, Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy, May 12, 1863, ordering Mahan to duty in USS Macedonian. He was to report to Comm. J.P. Montgomery, CO of the Boston Navy Yard.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17944215 View