Papers, 1810-1958.

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Papers, 1810-1958.

Correspondence, mainly that of Bernard R. Green (b.1843) to his mother, with news of his activities at Lawrence Scientific School (1861-63), and as engineer attached to the U.S. Office of Engineers at Portland, Me., during the Civil War, working on Forts Preble, Scammell, Gorges, and Knox. Includes correspondence (1819-40) of Ezra Green, of Malden, Mass., who served as seaman on the Vincennes under Charles Wilkes (1838-42).

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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...

Green, Ezra.

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Vincennes (Ship)

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United States. Army. Corps of Engineers

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The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is an engineer formation of the United States Army that has three primary mission areas: engineer regiment, military construction, and civil works. The day-to-day activities of the three mission areas are administered by a lieutenant general known as the commanding general/chief of engineers. The chief of engineers commands the engineer regiment, composed of combat engineer army units, and answers directly to the chief of staff of the army. Comba...

Lawrence Scientific School (Cambridge, Mass.)

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Green, Bernard R. (Bernard Richardson), 1843-1914

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Engineer and Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, Library of Congress. From the description of Papers of Bernard R. Green, 1885-1911. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79455547 ...

Green family.

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