Thomas Pattison Collection, 1839-1842.

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Thomas Pattison Collection, 1839-1842.

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The collection consists of a manuscript of practical seamanship, including national flags, rigging details, colored drawings of signal flags and rigged vessels, and navigation tables probably produced while Pattison was a midshipman; and a two-volume journal kept aboard USS St. Louis.

3 v.

New-York Historical Society Library

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New-York Historical Society Library

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