Stevens family papers, 1810-1952.

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Stevens family papers, 1810-1952.

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Correspondence and other papers of Thomas Holdup Stevens (1795-1841), Thomas Holdup Stevens II (1819-1896), and Thomas Holdup Stevens III (1848-1914), naval officers. Includes letters (1810-1815) of Thomas Holdup Stevens to Benjamin Crowninshield and Ralph Izard; letter (1816) of Daniel Stevens, adoptive father of Thomas Holdup Stevens, to Ebenezer Sage; letters (1844-1864) to Thomas Holdup Stevens II from John Y. Mason, C.R.P. Rodgers, and Lucius Waterman; biographical material; affidavit of Thomas Holdup Stevens, who commanded the U.S.S. Trippe at the Battle of Lake Erie (1813), concerning the conduct of Jesse D. Elliott in that battle; diagrams of the Battle of Lake Erie; pamphlet by Thomas Holdup Stevens II describing the wreck of the Marie Helena on Christmas Island (1848 January 4); typescript of "Hoisting the Flag in Honolulu" (1898 July) by Thomas Holdup Stevens III; photographs; newspaper clippings (1875-1920); and a copy of the Great Seal of the Confederate States.

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Izard, Ralph, 1785-1824

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South Carolina plantation owner and naval officer. Ralph Izard was the son of U.S. Senator Ralph Izard (1741/2-1804) and Alice Delancey Izard. From the description of Letter : Charleston, [S.C.], to Mrs. Alice Izard, Philadelphia, [Pa.], 1822 Oct. 9. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32144688 ...

Rodgers, C. R. P. (Christopher Raymond Perry), 1819-1892

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Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers, American naval officer, commander of the Pacific Squadron from 1878-1880. From the description of Letter book relating to his Pacific Squadron command, 1878-1880. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702171236 From the description of Letter book : relating to his Pacific Squadron command, 1878-1880. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83330434 ...

Waterman, Lucius, 1851-1923

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Crowninshield, Benjamin Williams, 1772-1851

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Benjamin Williams Crowninshield (December 27, 1772 - February 3, 1851) served as the United States Secretary of the Navy between 1815 and 1818, during the administrations of Presidents James Madison and James Monroe. From the description of Letter, April 20, 1815. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 18168831 Banker, U.S. secretary of the Navy, and U.S. representative from Massachusetts. From the description of Benjamin Williams Crowninshield correspondence, ...

Trippe (Ship)

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Elliott, Jesse D. (Jesse Duncan), 1782-1845

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Jesse Duncan Elliott, United States naval officer, was born on July 14, 1782 in Hagerstown, Maryland. In the War of 1812 he was second in command to Oliver Hazard Perry during the Battle of Lake Erie while aboard the Niagara. He was criticized for keeping his ship out of action during the battle. He was later court-martialed in 1840 for his conduct aboard the Constitution. He died on December 10, 1845, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. From the description of Letter, February 28, 1835. ...

Stevens family.

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Stevens, Thomas Holdup, -1841

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Marie Helena (Ship)

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Stevens, Thomas Holdup, 1819-1896

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Naval officer, of Middletown (Middlesex Co.), Conn. From the description of Papers, 1823-1895. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20188626 ...

Stevens, Thomas Holdup, 1848-1914

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Sage, Ebenezer, 1755-1834

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U.S. representative and physician from New York. From the description of Ebenezer Sage correspondence, 1810. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979760 ...

Mason, John Y. (John Young), 1799-1859

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John Young Mason, from Greensville County, Va., was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia, 1831-1837; served as secretary of the Navy, 1844-1845 and 1846-1849; was attorney general of the United States, March 1845-September 1846; and served as United States minister plenipotentiary to France, 1854-1859. From the guide to the John Y. Mason Papers, 1843-1898, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection...