Edward H. Fitzgerald journals, 1834-1852, bulk 1834-1844.

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Edward H. Fitzgerald journals, 1834-1852, bulk 1834-1844.

The Edward H. Fitzgerald journals are comprised of two volumes and one document belonging to a U.S. army officer who served in the Seminole War, the Mexican War, and at several western outposts in California and Oregon. The volumes are Fitzgerald's daily journals kept during his service with the navy in the Mediterranean. He wrote sporadic diary entries and poems in Florida during the Seminole War and in Mexico and California.

2 v. and 1 document.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8145175

William L. Clements Library

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Fitzgerald, Edward H., 1815-1860.

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Edward H. Fitzgerald was born in Robertsville, Pennsylvania, on December 23, 1815. He lived the next 11 years in Washington D.C., until his family moved to Norfolk, Virginia, in 1827. He attended Georgetown College from 1828-1832 and joined the U.S. Navy shortly thereafter. During 1834 and 1835, Fitzgerald toured the Mediterranean and the West Indies. He remained in the military for the rest of his life, and during the Mexican War, was aide-de-camp to Brigadier General Franklin Pierce (1847). Fi...

Conner, David, 1792-1856

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David Conner (1792-1856) was a United States naval officer. He served as Navy Commissioner; chief of the Bureau of Construction, Equipment and Repair; commander of the U.S. naval force in the Gulf of Mexico during the war with Mexico; and commandant of the naval base at Philadelphia. From the guide to the David Conner papers, 1816-1856, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Navy officer. From the description of ALS : Philadelphia, to R...