Aaron Konkle Hughes Navy papers and John A. H. Nickels journal 1839-1884

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Aaron Konkle Hughes Navy papers and John A. H. Nickels journal 1839-1884

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/1458

This collection is comprised of 6 volumes: midshipman's logs of the U. S. frigate Constitution, March 13 1839 through September 16, 1840, and of the U. S. brigantine Boxer, April 21, 1842 through October 6, 1843; letter books while in command respectively of the U.S.S. Pensacola, the naval station at Port Royal, South Carolina, and the navy yard at Norfolk, Virginia, July 31, 1874 through August 5, 1879; letter book as Rear Admiral in command of the Pacific station, January 1, 1883 through March 31, 1884; and journal of the commander in chief of the Pacific squadron, as kept by Lieutenant John A. K. Nickels

.75 linear foot (6 volumes)

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6311457

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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Constitution (Frigate)

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U.S.S. Constitution, also known as "Old Ironsides". From the description of Agreement, 1826-1828. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58662266 Also known as Old Ironsides; wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy; Thos. McDonough Esq. Com. New York, 28 Oct. 1824; launched in 1797, Constitution was one of the six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794; currently a fully commissioned US Navy shi...

Pensacola (Screw steamer)

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Launched by Pensacola Navy Yard 1859; commissioned in full 1861; decommissioned 1911; burned and sunk by U.S. Navy in San Francisco Bay May 1912. From the description of Ledgers, 1905-1905. (University of West Florida). WorldCat record id: 70961228 ...

Hughes, Aaron Konkle

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United States. Navy

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...

Nickels, John A., 1915-

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Boxer (Brig)

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