Richard Worsam Meade 3rd Collection, 1853-1897, 1934.

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Richard Worsam Meade 3rd Collection, 1853-1897, 1934.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/479975611

The collection is comprised of Admiral Meade's journals kept as a midshipman, including notes and sketches; teaching-related documents from his stint at the U.S. Naval Academy; official correspondence received; letter books and orders from his service aboard various vessels; clippings and printed materials; drafts and final versions of his instructional writings for the Naval Academy and on John Paul Jones; other materials related to his administrative duties at the New York and Washington Navy Yards; eight volumes of diaries; and clippings and ephemera postdating his death that were probably collected by his wife.

4 linear ft. (3 boxes, 17 v.)

New-York Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7587657

New-York Historical Society Library

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