John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren papers 1829-1885

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John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren papers 1829-1885

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John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren (1809-1870), a United States naval officer, was commandant of the Washington Naval Yard. Collection contains papers of Dahlgren and his wife, Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren. Includes John Dahlgren's 1867 letterbook concerning South Pacific Fleet matters; and journal he kept on board the U.S.S. Ontario on cruise from Brooklyn to Gibraltar and then on the U.S.S. Constellation in the Mediterranean, 1829-1831. Also, daily record of household expenses of Dahlgren's wife, 1877-1885; and a personal social register of calls she made and received in Washington, D.C.

.3 linear foot (3 v.)

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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