Henry Frederick Willink papers, 1861-1879.

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Henry Frederick Willink papers, 1861-1879.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173862964

The collection consists of correspondence, receipts, and ship plans relating to the building of the armored vessels Savannah, Milledgeville, and Macon. Correspondence is with Confederate Navy Commanders Stephen R. Mallory and Thomas W. Brent (some of which mentions the armored vessel Fingal, soon to be the Atlanta). Receipts are for payment of slave laborers on shipbuilding projects. Plans for the vessels include the signatures of John L. Porter, CSA Naval Constructor, and William A. Graves, CSA naval engineer.

.125 linear ft. (1 box and 2 oversized papers (OP))

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Mallory, Stephen R. (Stephen Russell), 1813-1873

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Willink, Henry Frederick, 1825-1906.

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Henry Frederick Willink, Jr., shipbuilder and alderman, was born 3 April 1827, in Savannah, Georgia; it is uncertain when or where he died. As a member of the Savannah shipbuilding firm of Willink & Miller, he contracted with the Confederate Navy (1861) for the construction of the gunboat, MACON, and ironclad steamers, SAVANNAH and MILLEDGEVILLE, the last of which was partially complete when the city of Savannah was captured in December 1864. According to a May 1879 issue of the SAVANNAH TIM...

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Columbus Ironworks (Ga.)

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Brent, Thomas William, 1808-1875

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Commander, C.S. Navy. From the description of Letter, 1863 March 27, New Iberia, to Thomas Smardon. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 172984832 Naval commander, Confederate States of America. From the description of Appointment and oath of H.S. Lewis, 1863 Sept. 1, Shreveport, Louisiana. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 434431381 ...