Papers, 1806-1904.

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Papers, 1806-1904.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/207171707

This collection contains a diary and correspondence representative of all the above named family members, 1806-1904. The diary was kept by Lt. Lyman Greenleaf Spalding in 1862 on board the U.S.S. Augusta while participating in the federal blockade of the Southern coast. Stationed outside of Charleston, South Carolina, Spalding commented on the daily movements of his ship and the other blockade vessels, the "prizes" captured, sailings to Port Royal for refueling and recreation, and communication between British steamers and Confederate vessels under flags of truce. There are also several references to military events in 1862. The correspondence contains tuition accounts (and instructors' salaries) of the Elizabeth Parkhust Spalding School, letters to Dr. Lyman relative to family matters, and letters by Lyman Dyer Spalding and Elizabeth Parkhust Spalding to their mother Elizabeth Cowes Spalding describing their trips to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Corinth, New Hampshire. Several letters contain references to the mysterious disappearance at sea of Elizabeth Cowes Spalding's other child Alfred Peter Spalding (1815-1844), and Susan Parker Parrott Spalding's claims to the naval benefits of her late son Lyman Greenleaf Spalding. Also included are letters written by Captain Lyman Dyer Spalding in 1880 to the Naval Department concerning his observations while on board the Isaac Newton during a voyage to the Gulf Stream in 1842, accompanied by the original ship's chart, and a lengthy eulogy to Susan Parker Spalding Hall written in 1904.

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Spalding family.

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Dr. Lyman Spalding (1775-1821) graduated from Harvard in 1797 and began the practice of medicine in Portsmouth, N.H. Spalding assisted in establishing a medical school at Dartmouth College and in 1812 was appointed president of the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City. He was also instrumental in introducing the smallpox vaccine to America and founded the first national medical journal Pharmacopeia. Spalding married Elizabeth Cowes ( -1838) of Portsmouth in 1802. Several of their ...

Hall, Susan Parker Spalding, 1850-1904.

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Spalding, Susan Parker Parrott, 1815-1889.

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Isaac Newton (Ship)

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Augusta (Ship)

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Spalding, Lyman D., 1810-1892

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Shipmaster and merchant, of Portsmouth, N.H. From the description of Lyman D. Spalding letter to Grover Cleveland, 1885 Jan. 30. (Portsmouth Athenaeum Library & Museum). WorldCat record id: 70979551 ...

Spalding, Alfred Peter, 1815-1844.

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Spalding, Elizabeth Parkhurst, 1803-1878

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Daughter of Dr. Lyman Spalding (1775-1821), of Portsmouth, N.H. From the description of Remembrance book, ca. 1831. (Portsmouth Athenaeum Library & Museum). WorldCat record id: 70926289 ...

Spalding, Lyman Greenleaf, 1845-1881

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Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy, stationed in Naples, Italy. From the description of Notes on navigation, 1878-1879. (Portsmouth Athenaeum Library & Museum). WorldCat record id: 70925850 Lyman Spalding, US naval officer, was killed, Aug. 29, 1881, while laying a torpedo at the Naval Torpedo Station. From the description of Notebook, 1881. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 17928791 ...