William B. Burtis diary kept on board the U.S.S. Delaware, 1867-1870.

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William B. Burtis diary kept on board the U.S.S. Delaware, 1867-1870.

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William B. Burris was a staff clerk in the United States Navy and kept this diary on board the U.S.S. Delaware during a cruise from Portsmouth, New Hampshire to an Asiatic station and back to New York. Entries date from 1867-1870, and laid in to the volume are the following: the Shanghai News-Letter from May 18, 1869 and February 11, 1870; Japan Herald from September 18, 1869; and Japan Gazette from May 21, 1870. A clipping from the New York Tribune listing those killed in battle at Bull Run was removed from the volume ca. 1938 and transferred to the library's newspaper room.

.1 linear foot (1 volume)

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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New York Public Library System, NYPL

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