Letterbook of Thomas Aloysius Dornin, 1842-1854.

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Letterbook of Thomas Aloysius Dornin, 1842-1854.

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Copies of official letters (a few in his hand), written while commander of U.S. vessels Shark (1842), Dale (1842-1843) and Portsmouth (1851-1854). They describe voyages off the coast of South America, around the Horn, to California; French activity in the Pacific, the new route to California via Panama; events in Guayaquil, Ecuador, during the Juan José Flores expedition; politics in Central America; travels in Hawaii noting presence of missionaries, British and French, and the smallpox epidemic there; Walker expedition in Baja California; imprisonment of Americans in Mazatlán, 1854; conditions in Acapulco under Santa Anna and blockade of its port; arrival of the Russian crown prince Alexander in Hawaii, 1854. Last entry written before leaving for Norfolk, Va. Copies of letters to Dornin from Pedro Váldez, Governor of Mazatlán, R.P. Letcher and others included. At the end: list of letters received by Dornin and a brief summary of his activities, 1851-1854.

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Váldez, Pedro.

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Letcher, Robert Perkins, 1788-1861

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Robert Perkins Letcher was governor of Kentucky during 1840-1844. After his term ended, Letcher practiced law in Frankfort and remained active in politics. From 1850 to 1852, he served as U.S. minister to Mexico where his proposed treaties sought to protect American interests in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. From the description of Robert Perkins Letcher papers, 1844-1853. (Kentucky Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 38555012 Kentucky lawyer, state legislator, U.S. congr...

Walker, William, 1824-1860

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William Walker (May 8, 1824 – September 12, 1860) was an American physician, lawyer, journalist and mercenary who organized several private military expeditions into Latin America, with the intention of establishing English-speaking colonies under his personal control, an enterprise then known as "filibustering". Walker usurped the presidency of the Republic of Nicaragua in 1856 and ruled until 1857,[1] when he was defeated by a coalition of Central American armies. He returned in an attempt to ...

Dale (U.S. Ship).

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Flores, Juan José, 1800-1864

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Dornin, Thomas A. (Thomas Aloysius), 1800-1874

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Thomas Aloysius Dornin (1800-1874), a United States naval officers. Dornin, born in Ireland, was educated at St. Mary's College in Baltimore and entered the Navy in 1815. In 1826, he was promoted to Lieutenant and in 1841, to commander. In 1860, as the commander of the screw frigate San Jacinto, he served with Africa Squadron, a United States Navy's unit established for the purpose of combatting international slave trade. He seized several slavers, landed the slaves in Liberia, and sent the capt...

Shark (U.S. Schooner).

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Portsmouth (Corvette)

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