Charles Biddle Collection, 1835-1899 (bulk 1835-1836).

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Charles Biddle Collection, 1835-1899 (bulk 1835-1836).

Letter book from Charles Biddle's journey as an agent commissioned by President Andrew Jackson to seek information about a railroad across the isthmus of Panama.

1 v. (234 p.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7587014

New-York Historical Society Library

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Biddle, Charles, 1787-1836

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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 ...