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[Photograph of Japanese-American navy captain]

One undated black-and-white photograph of Japanese-American navy captain. The silhouette of the image is in the shape of a heart.

GLC09860.547

Government papers from the World War II service of Dever Spencer Byard, father of Margaret Stearns [Decimalized .01-.75]

Collection of papers concerning the World War II service of Dever Spencer Byard. This collection consists of 147 items. The main topics included in the collection are; the surrender of Japan and legal concerns of this surrender, Dever Spencer Byard's...

GLC09930

to Paul H. and Margaret Lobik

One letter from Carl Goeransson to Paul H. and Margaret Lobik dated August 18, 1944.

GLC09578.072.01

Engraving of Galfridus Walpole

One engraving of Gallopers Walpole February 1, 1802. Bust portrait of Walpole. Based on a painting by William Nelson Gardiner.

GLC08878.0694

Engraving of James Warren

One engraving of James Warren dated 1800. Bust portrait of Warren.

GLC08878.0730

Engraving of Pendleton G. Watmough

One engraving of Pendleton G. Watmough dated circa 1865. Bust portrait of Watmough.

GLC08878.0742

Engraving of John Lorimer Worden

One engraving of John Lorimer Worden dated circa 1865. Half portrait of Woreden.

GLC08878.0970

Engraving of Charles Wilkes

One engraving of Charles Wilkes dated circa 1865. Half portrait of Wilkes.

GLC08878.1014

Engraving of Charles Wilkes

One engraving of Charles Wilkes dated circa 1865. Bust portrait of Wilkes based on the photograph by Matthew Brady.

GLC08878.1015

Engraving of Charles Wilkes

One engraving of Charles Wilkes dated circa 1865. Bust portrait of Wilkes.

GLC08878.1016

Engraving of Charles Wilkes

One engraving of Charles Wilkes dated 1864. Full seated portrait of Wilkes based on a painting by Alonzo Chappel.

GLC08878.1017

[Collection of photographs related to Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1914-1962][Decimalized .01-.63]

Collection of photographs related to life and family of Franklin D. Roosevelt dated 1914-1962. Consists of 63 photographs that pertain to Roosevelt's political career as Aide to the Secretary of Navy, presidency and political campagins. In addition...

GLC09957

to Margaret Lobik

One letter from Raymond Mostek to Margaret Lobik dated July 23, 1943.

GLC09578.029

to Margaret Lobik

One letter from Raymond Mostek to Margaret Lobik dated September 4, 1943.

GLC09578.042

to Paul H. Lobik

One letter from Franklin Siggerman to Paul H. Lobik dated September 16, 1943. The address given is an A.P.O. for San Francisco but he indicated he is overseas.

GLC09578.043.01

[Franklin Siggerman in uniform]

One photograph sent by Franklin Siggerman to Paul H. Lobik dated September 16, 1943.

GLC09578.043.02

to Margaret Lobik

One letter from Raymond Mostek to Margaret Lobik dated September 21, 1943.

GLC09578.044

to Margaret Lobik

One letter from Raymond Mostek to Margaret Lobik dated October 22, 1943.

GLC09578.052

to Margaret Lobik

One postcard from Raymond Mostek to Margaret Lobik dated November 10, 1943. The front of the postcard features the Blue Room at the White House.

GLC09578.054

to Paul H. Lobik

One letter from Franklin Siggerman to Paul H. Lobik dated July, 1944. Letter is written on stationery that is printed to be folded and used as an envelope. Written aboard the U.S.S "Anthony".

GLC09578.071

Engraving of George Brydges Rodney

One engraving of George Brydges Rodney dated 1836. Half portrait of Rodney based on the painting by Joshua Reynolds.

GLC08878.1506

Engraving of Edward Hawke, Admiral

One engraving of Edward Hawke, Admiral dated 1836. Half portrait of Hawke based on the painting by Francis Coates.

GLC08878.1511

Engraving of Adam First Viscount Duncan

One engraving of Adam First Viscount Duncan dated 1836. Half portrait of Duncan based on the painting by John Hoppner.

GLC08878.1521

Engraving of Alexander Hood, Viscount Bridport

One engraving of Alexander Hood, Viscount Bridport dated 1836. Half portrait of Hood based on the painting by Lemuel Francis Abbott.

GLC08878.1552

Engraving of John Jervis, Earl of St. Vincent

One engraving of John Jervis, Earl of St. Vincent dated 1836. Half portrait of Jervis based on the painting by John Hoppner.

GLC08878.1553

Engraving of Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool

One engraving of Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool dated 1836. Half portrait of Jenkinson based on the painting by Thomas Lawrence.

GLC08878.1554

Engraving of Edward Pellew, Viscount Exmouth G.C.B.

One engraving of Edward Pellew, Viscount Exmouth G.C.B. dated 1836. Bust portrait of Pellew based on the painting by Thomas Lawrence.

GLC08878.1555

to Captain A. Harwood

On board USS Congress, Montevideo, Uruguay, re: on -board experiments with sponges and the ship's guns; attacking secession: "no country on earth can stand universal Suffrage and secession.... The idea, too, that with us, one owes a higher and holier...

GLC08302

The black hawk chronicle. [Vol. 1, no. 3 (June 22, 1863)]

Union newspaper with tongue-in-cheek war reports, mentioning Grant at Vicksburg and Naval Operations in the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers.

GLC08308

to James Jackson

Responds on Adams " behalf to Governor of Georgia re: federal and state efforts to protect Georgia from French naval attack. Concludes vulnerability of Savannah is so high that using "gallies manned with negroes for working them and with white men to...

GLC08347

Signed by 18 sailors.

Sailors" Oath of Allegiance on Commander Barry"s Frigate "United States".

GLC08352

to the Naval Officers Commanding the Fleet off Mobile

Regarding "Exchanges of salt and provisions between this post and Mobile."

GLC08370.02

to Gen. Benjamin Butler

"I am now determined to go ahead upon the forts at Mobile, I am only held by the Courts & Boards of examination but will never be in any better condition for the attack than at present, for they are taking away my officers every mail & I will soon be...

GLC08372

"Order of Battle and Plan of Attach, Port Royal"

Hand drawn ink sketch listing 17 ships and their positions, "Josiah Tattnall's Rebel squadron," the placement of Fort Beauregard and their 20 guns, the placement of Fort Walker and its 23 guns, and more.

GLC08382

[Collection of two items re: American prisoners of war] Decimalized

GLC08390

[Deposition of American sailor captured by the British off Nova Scotia in 1778]

GLC08390.01

[Prisoner Petition]

"The Petitioned Number of American Prisoners of War . . .," requesting exchange for British officers and seamen. Penned from Kinial Prison, signed by 10 American POW's.

GLC08390.02

to his sister

Written on board the U.S.S. Mohican, possibly near Wilmington, North Carolina. Discusses the Mohican's participation with Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter's North Atlantic Blockading Squadron at the close of the Battle of Fort Fisher (24 and 25...

GLC08470.02

Union Ticket

Union ticket for the 1864 presidential election. Lists Abraham Lincoln for President and Andrew Johnson for Vice President. Lists electors for districts in California. Printed in orange. Printed on verso is an engraving of the ships, the Alabama...

GLC08498.01

[Appointment of John Chew as midshipman]

Countersigned by Navy Secretary Paul Hamilton and registered by Nathaniel Maxwell.

GLC00496.052

[Appointment of George D. LaRoche as sailing master]

Countersigned by Navy Secretary William Jones and registered by Nathaniel Maxwell.

GLC00496.053

[Appointment of John Crean as midshipman]

Countersigned by Navy Secretary William Jones and registered by Nathaniel Maxwell.

GLC00496.054

[Appointment of Branch W. Miller as midshipman]

Countersigned by Navy Secretary William Jones and registered by E.W. DuVal.

GLC00496.055

[Appointment of George Craft as sailing master]

Countersigned by Navy Secretary William Jones and registered by E.W. DuVal.

GLC00496.056

[Appointment of Joshua Potts as Navy Agent]

Countersigned by Secretary of Navy Paul Hamilton. Appoints Potts as Navy Agent for Wilmington, North Carolina. Includes Navy Department seal.

GLC00496.058

[Appointment of Robert S. Falconer to Surgeon's Mate in the U.S. Navy]

Countersigned by Secretary of Navy Smith Thompson. Registered by John H. Sherburne. Document says President Monroe has nominated, and the Senate has consented to, the appointment of Robert S. Falconer to Surgeon's's Mate in the U.S. Navy. Includes...

GLC00496.068

Authorization for transfer of funds

Authorizes the transfer "from the Appropriation for the Pay of Subsistence of the Marine Corps to the Appropriation for Clothing the Marine Corps, The sum of Ten Thousand Dollars." Permitted by virtue of the May 1, 1820 "Act further to amend the...

GLC00496.072

to unknown

Discusses General Andrew Jackson's New Orleans victory. Mentions a bank bill has been kept by President James Madison for 6 days without a decision. Reports the loss of the frigate U.S.S. President on January 15, 1815.

GLC00496.080

to Richard Varick

Written by General Schuyler as commander of Northern Department to Captain Varick as deputy muster master general of the Northern army. Schuyler says he only received Varick's letter on July 27, 1776 yesterday afternoon. If cannot get certain...

GLC00496.082

to Thomas Mumford

Written by Major General Parsons to Mumford, a Groton, Connecticut merchant. Says recent events are moving so fast that it they are the product of "a more prolific Brain than I find myself possesd of." Says while the nation is full of news he has...

GLC00496.075.01