United States Exploring Expedition records, 1838-1842 1838-1842

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United States Exploring Expedition records, 1838-1842 1838-1842

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These are records of the United States Exploring Expedition under the command of Lieutenant Charles Wilkes, and include letters, journals, ship's logs, and records of court martials.

27.0 Microfilm reel(s)

American Philosophical Society

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Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877

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Wilkes was a career U.S. naval officer who, as captain of the San Jacinto, provoked the Trent Affair in 1861. From the description of Letter, November 1861. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 61770003 Charles Wilkes, American naval officer and explorer, was born on April 3, 1798 in New York, NY. He surveyed Narragansett Bay in 1832-1833, which led to his appointment to a depot of charts and instruments, which later became the Naval Observatory. In 18...