Papers, 1697-1909.

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Papers, 1697-1909.

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Business, political, and personal papers, of members of the George Crowninshield (1723-1815) family, chiefly papers of his sons, John (1774-1842, ship captain and merchant), Jacob (1770-1808, ship captain, merchant, and U.S. representative from Massachusetts, 1803-1808), and Benjamin Williams (1772-1851, businessman, U.S. secretary of the navy, 1814-1818, and U.S. representative from Massachusetts, 1823-1831). Subjects include international trade as conducted from Salem, Mass., American naval history during the War of 1812, and the family firm, George Crowninshield & Sons.

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Peabody Museum of Salem

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Peabody Museum of Salem

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Crowninshield, Benjamin Williams, 1772-1851

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Benjamin Williams Crowninshield (December 27, 1772 - February 3, 1851) served as the United States Secretary of the Navy between 1815 and 1818, during the administrations of Presidents James Madison and James Monroe. From the description of Letter, April 20, 1815. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 18168831 Banker, U.S. secretary of the Navy, and U.S. representative from Massachusetts. From the description of Benjamin Williams Crowninshield correspondence, ...

George Crowninshield & Sons (Salem, Mass.)

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Crowninshield, George, 1723-1815.

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Crowninshield family.

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Residents of Salem, Mass. From the description of Papers, 1697-1909. (Peabody Museum). WorldCat record id: 28415885 ...

Crowninshield, John, 1771-1842

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United States. Navy Department

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Smith was a private citizen and donor to the "Eyes for the Navy" program. From the description of Memorandum, no date. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 708036591 From the description of Memorandum, September 30, 1918. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 708034981 From the description of Certificate, no date. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 708036793 The United States Navy operated a radio station with call sign NUG in Calumet, Michigan...

United States. Navy

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...

Crowninshield, Jacob, 1770-1808

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Shipping merchant, politician. Jacob Crowninshield, born in 1770, a son of George Crowninshield and Mary Derby, started his career as a sea captain and merchant in the family business. He is remembered as the man who brought the first live elephants to New York, 1796, the same year that he married Sarah Gardner. He later engaged in politics, as a Massachusetts state senator, 1801, and a United States Representative for Massachusetts, 1803-1808. In 1805, he de...