William K. Wheeler Collection, 1860-1975.

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William K. Wheeler Collection, 1860-1975.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/478891917

The collection consists of the logbook of Flag Lt. Commander William Knox Wheeler aboard USS Colorado during an expedition to Korea from May 19 to June 25, 1871; contemporary clippings about the expedition; a one-page document in Chinese; and later materials related to use of the logbook as a primary historical source, including articles based on it.

0.3 linear ft. (1 box, 1 v.)

New-York Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7586318

New-York Historical Society Library

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Colorado (Ship)

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Colorado (Battleship)

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Naval History Society

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The Naval History Society was established in New York in 1912 "for the purpose of publishing and preserving manuscripts, documents, and writings relating to our naval history, naval art and science, and the surroundings and experiences of seamen in general and of American seamen in particular." Its Collections began with the donation in 1915 of John Sanford Barnes's personal collections by his son, Col. James Barnes. These included library materials now cataloged in the XN classification in the ...

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...

WHEELER, William Knox, 1843-1876.

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Lieut. Commander, U.S. Navy. From the description of Logbook, 1871, May 19-June 25. (New-York Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 17271882 USS Colorado, as flagship for Rear Admiral J. Rodgers' squadron, carried the U.S. Minister to China on a diplomatic mission to Korea in April, 1871, attempting to open Korea to contact as Perry had earlier done in Japan. Attacks from shore batteries on two ships of the squadron as it made soundings in the Han River led Americ...