Papers : of Robert Walter Weir, Jr., 1862-1864, 1868.

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Papers : of Robert Walter Weir, Jr., 1862-1864, 1868.

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This collection contains sketches made when Weir was on board the U.S. sloop-of-war Richmond. Subjects are fleets of sailing vessels and steamships, men on board ship working, a map of Mobile Bay, and cartoons with satires of Jefferson Davis, Abraham Lincoln, and navy life in general. Black-and-white photos are unidentified except a signed photo of Rear Admiral David Glasgow Farragut. There are also two letters to Weir, one from Farragut, October 1864, aboard the U.S. flagship Hartford, West Gulf Squadron in Mobile Bay, and one from? Chester, April 1898, aboard the U.S.S. Cincinnati in Key West, Florida. Also, contains a letter from Farragut to Captain Thornton Alexander Jenkins, May 1864.

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Jenkins, Thornton A. (Thornton Alexander), 1811-1893

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Weir, Robert Walter, Jr., fl. 1825-1898.

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Weir was the son of a well-known New York artist. He served as Assistant Engineer in the U.S. Navy (1862-1865). An illustrated satire on the U.S. Navy, Uncle Samuel's Whistle and What It Costs (1896), is attributed to him. From the description of Papers : of Robert Walter Weir, Jr., 1862-1864, 1868. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 30470601 ...