Smith-Geisinger collection 1849-1855 Smith-Geisinger

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Smith-Geisinger collection 1849-1855 Smith-Geisinger

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The Smith-Geisinger collection is made up of seven letters from Captain Joseph Smith, chief of the U.S. Navy's Bureau of Yards and Docks in Washington, D.C., to Captain David Geisinger, governor of the U.S. Naval Asylum in Philadelphia.

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Geisinger, David, 1790-1860

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Joseph Smith, the author of these seven letters, was born in 1790 and entered the U.S. Navy as a midshipman in January 1809. During the War of 1812, he served under Lieutenant (later Master Commandant) Thomas Macdonough. In July 1813, Smith was commissioned as a lieutenant. As first lieutenant of the brig Eagle, he performed heroically in the decisive Battle of Lake Champlain in September 1814. Joseph Smith later served on the frigate Constellation as part of Commodore S...

Smith, Joseph, 1790-1877

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