Letter, January 16, [n.y.]

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Letter, January 16, [n.y.]

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Holograph letter, in pencil, from J.H. Guild to his mother, 16 January [no year given]. He is on the USS Constitution in Hampton Roads, VA and thinks the ship will be assigned to Port Royal, South Carolina. He describes scenes in Chesapeake Bay, Fort Monroe, Swell's Point, and the sighting of Confederate ships.

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Naval War College, Henry E. Eccles Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8103097

Naval War College, Henry E. Eccles Library

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Guild, J. H. (Joseph Henry), 1827-1894

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J.H. Guild was an officer in the Union Navy during the Civil War. From the description of Letter, January 16, [n.y.] (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 732638397 ...

Constitution (Ship)

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Whaling vessel, out of Nantucket, Mass., mastered by Obed R. Bunker; owner-agent: Charles G. & Henry Coffin; first ship to use camel out of Nantucket harbor (not on this voyage). From the description of Log/journal, 1842 Sept. 23-1843 Oct. 20. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 71013209 Logbook belonging to a whaler from Nantucket, Mass. From the description of Logbook of the whaling ship Constitution, 1840-1842. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: ...