Papers relating to a cannon lost from the British sloop Otter [manuscript], 1927-1935.

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Papers relating to a cannon lost from the British sloop Otter [manuscript], 1927-1935.

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Include newspaper clippings, 1927-1931, regarding the authentication of a cannon lost from the British sloop Otter in 1775, and its acquisition by A.D. Wallace; and correspondence, 1927-1935, regarding the authentication and sale of the cannon to the Mariners' Museum, Newport News, Va. Correspondents include Bashford Dean, the United States National Museum, the Mariners' Museum, and the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company.

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University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Great Britain. Royal Navy

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Richard Howe, Earl Howe, was born in London, England, on March 19, 1726, the son of Emanuel Scrope Howe (1699-1735) and Mary Sophia Charlotte von Kielmansegg (1703-1782). Around 1735, he joined the crew of the merchant ship Thames, and in July 1739 he joined the 40-gun Royal Navy ship Pearl . Howe then served on several ships in the Caribbean and off the South American coast. After being promoted to lieutenant in 1744 and post captain in 1746, he continued his military service in th...

Otter (Sloop)

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Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company

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The Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company was founded in 1886 by Collis Potter Huntington in Newport News, Va. From the description of Records : of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, ca. 1886-1961. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 30694323 ...

United States National Museum

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The Act of Congress of August 10, 1846, establishing the Smithsonian Institution, empowered the Board of Regents to receive, either through donations or exchanges, new specimens for the museum of the Institution. In addition, the Secretary was authorized to discharge the duties of the "keeper of the museum." Beginning in 1841, the museum collections of the United States government had been stored in the Patent Office. Originally they were under the custodianship of the National Ins...

Dean, Bashford, 1867-1928

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Dean was an alumnus of City College, Class of 1896, and Curator of Arms and Armor at the Metropolitan Musuem of Art. From the description of Memorabilia, 1910-1929. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155502431 Bashford Dean was an ichthyologist, paleontologist and expert on arms and armor. Dean was a trustee of and affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History from 1903 until his death; he was curator and curator emeritus of fishes and reptiles in the AMNH ...

Mariners' museum Newport News, Va.

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In 2005, the Library created an artificial collection of several David G. Farragut letters owned by the Museum, which had mostly been accessioned prior to 1941. The accession numbers for these individual letters were the following: CA1, CA4, CA5, CA7, CA8, CA25, and CA54. From the description of Collection of David G. Farragut documents, 1861-1864. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 775010556 ...

Wallace, Alexander Doniphan, 1905-

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Instructor of mathematics, University of Virginia. From the description of Papers relating to a cannon lost from the British sloop Otter [manuscript], 1927-1935. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647865358 ...