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to Thomas H. Patterson

Written on letterhead of the U.S. Flag Ship "Minnesota." Written by Acting Rear Admiral Lee as Commander of the North Atlantic Blockade Squadron to Commander Patterson of the USS "James Adger." Lee says he has been instructed by telegraph that Major...

GLC01007.02

to Thomas H. Patterson

From Commander Reynolds of the USS "Vermont" to Commander Patterson of the USS "James Adger." By order of Rear Admiral Samuel F. DuPont, Reynolds sends officers and crew of the captured CSS "Atlanta" to the "James Adger." Says a list is enclosed (see...

GLC01007.03

[List of officers from captured CSS "Atlanta" transfered from the USS "James Adger" to the USS "Princeton"]

List of 18 officers from the captured CSS ironclad "Atlanta" transferred from the USS "James Adger" to the USS "Princeton." First name is of the commander, William A. Webb. Signed at the bottom by "N Mager" the Commanding Officer and Officer on Deck...

GLC01007.04

[List of crew from captured CSS "Atlanta" transferred from the USS "James Adger" to Fortress Monroe]

List of 127 prisoners transferred to Fortress Monroe, Virginia under Major General John Dix: 116 crewmen from the captured CSS ironclad "Atlanta" and 11 prisoners taken near Savannah, Georgia. Signed on page 3 by Provost Marshal Captain W. E. Blake...

GLC01007.05

to his mother

Letter from 16-year-old Drowne to his mother, written on the USS "Catalpa" off Charleston. He says he did not have time to have his picture taken in Hilton Head, South Carolina. Reports no late war news, only that there will be no more fighting in...

GLC01008.02.01

[Byron P. Drowne]

Photograph of Byron P. Drowne sitting. He was aboard the U.S.S. Midnight

GLC01008.02.02

to Wm. W. McKean

A note granting Wm McKean a leave of absence

GLC04188.07

to Rosa

A letter to his wife describing a stop at Payta Harbor, and how much he would like to leave the service and come home to her.

GLC04188.08

To his wife

Marching orders, ammunitions, reporting to Burnside for naval expedition.

GLC04558.005

to William Lewis Maury

Attests to Maury's character as an officer and as a gentleman. Rowan writes as commander of U.S.N. Flag Ship Congress. A U.S. vice admiral, Rowan served the Union during the Civil War. Post-war, he was commandant of the Norfolk and New York Navy...

GLC04572.33

to R. H. Maury

United States Navy Paymaster General Davis recommends William Lewis Maury to superintend the James River project.

GLC04572.35

to R. H. Maury

Attests to Maury's character and professional qualities. Reynolds signs as Commodore United States Navy; he eventually reached the rank of rear admiral.

GLC04572.36

to William Lewis Maury

As requested, he recommended William to R. H. Maury to superintend the James River project. Hopes that William will visit Washington.

GLC04572.37

to William Lewis Maury

Writes that one of two bills he introduced (to relieve the disabilities imposed by the 14th Amendment) passed. The bill to relieve Judge Hawkins of Florida passed, and the bill to relieve Maury should pass tomorrow. Cox was a U.S. Congressman from...

GLC04572.39

[U. S. House of Representatives bill]

Printed copy of a U. S. House of Representatives bill introduced by Cox to "remove the political disabilities of William L. Maury... that all legal and political disabilities imposed by the fourteenth amendment of the constitution of the United...

GLC04572.40

to Samuel Sullivan Cox

The bill for the relief of William L. Maury passed the Senate yesterday. Encloses (not included) a copy of the bill as it passed the Senate, striking the phrase "legal and. . . ." Undated note from Cox responds that he will make sure the House...

GLC04572.41

to William Lewis Maury

Includes a letter for Maury to forward to the Collector (of Customs in New York). Failed to get the endorsement of any cabinet members because they are too busy, and presumes that if they knew the vacancy existed they would want to fill it with their...

GLC04572.46

[Report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs on Piracy around Cuba and Puerto Rico from the 18th Congress]

Printed report "Of the Committee on Foreign Affairs to which was referred so much of the President's message, as relates to Piracies committed on the Commerce of the United States, in the neighborhood of the Islands of Cuba and Porto Rico." Says the...

GLC04604.01

to Isaac Mayo

Written by Captain Charles Stewart to Lieutenant Isaac Mayo, both of the U.S.S. Franklin. Notes Mayo will receive dispatches 1 & 2 for the Secretary of the Navy and State Department. Says he and Lt. Henry should proceed with them to Panama and from...

GLC04604.03

to Isaac Mayo

Written by Captain John Rodgers to Lt. Isaac Mayo. Mayo is ordered to proceed to Philadelphia and to wait there for further orders for the purpose of assisting the recruiting officer there in shipping and transporting new recruits to the ship "North...

GLC04604.04

to Isaac Mayo

Written by Southard as Secretary of the Navy to Lieutenant Mayo. Southard orders Mayo to return immediately to the U.S.S. North Carolina with all the recruits he has entered for the ship. Mayo was in Philadelphia.

GLC04604.05

to Isaac Mayo

Written by Southard as Secretary of the Navy to Lieutenant Mayo. Southard forwards Commodore Charles Stewart's opinion that Mayo needs to remain in the country for his trial. Says he is to apprise the Department of the Navy of his residence from time...

GLC04604.06

to Isaac Mayo

Southard as Secretary of the Navy asks Lieutenant Mayo to report to Captain James Banon, President of the Naval Court Martial, as a witness in the case of Charles Stewart. Stewart was being accused of convoying a foreign (British) ship into a...

GLC04604.08

to Isaac Mayo

Written by Captain Rodgers from the U.S.S. North Carolina in port at Port Mahon, Spain. After receiving the report of Dr. Washington, Rodgers grants Mayo a three month leave of absence because of impaired health. The leave begins 1 November 1826...

GLC04604.09

to Isaac Mayo

Marked Private. Captain Rodgers writes to Lieutenant Mayo who is in Annapolis, Maryland. Says Secretary of the Navy Southard is about to appoint a lieutenant to superintend the naval school just established on board the frigate "Guerriere" at Norfolk...

GLC04604.10

to Isaac Mayo

Secretary of the Navy Southard commands Lieutenant Mayo, who is in Annapolis, Maryland, to report to Commodore Banon for duty on board the frigate "Guerriere." Signed note on verso says an attack of bilious fever kept him from joining the ship. He...

GLC04604.11

to Isaac Mayo

Written by Secretary of the Navy Southard to First Lieutenant Mayo. Revokes previous order to join the frigate "Guerriere" (see GLC04604.11). Signed note on bottom of recto by Mayo says the order was revoked at his request.

GLC04604.12

to Isaac Mayo

Written by Secretary of the Navy Southard to Lieutenant Mayo. Says the order of 14 October 1828 for Mayo to report to a ship in Baltimore is revoked. Signed note by Mayo on recto says "at my request."

GLC04604.13

to William Phillips

Written by Heath as commander of the Convention Army, which consisted of British prisoners of war from the Saratoga campaign, to British General Phillips as the highest ranking officer with the Convention Army. References Phillips's letter from 29...

GLC04789.02

[Subscription for the barge experiment]

Also signed by [?] Baker, J. [Gibbon?], Matthew Tilghman, Edward Lloyd, Robert Goldsborough, William Hindman, James Hindman, and several others whose signatures are illegible. Document claims the British have fitted a number of small vessels that...

GLC00218.01

[Subscription for the barge experiment]

Also signed by Thomas Ray, Robert Pickering, W. Dawson, James Benson, Richard Parrott, Joseph Hartley, W. Gibson, [?] Gibson, B. Skinner, Hugh Rice, and William Tilghman. Document claims the British have fitted a number of small vessels that have...

GLC00218.02

Four of Our Submarines in Dry Dock in Government Navy Yard.

Four American submarines on a dry dock in the Government Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.

GLC09584.206

[Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead collection] [Decimalized .01- .28]

Twenty nine letters to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead from other Congressmen, President Ronald Reagan and photographs of Washington officials.

GLC09613.01

To Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead

A thank you letter from Stephen Horn, the House representative for California's thirty eighth district, to Moorhead for his support of an amendment of H.R. 1817 the military construction appropriations bill. This amendment was to prevent the Navy...

GLC09613.01.21

Signal Mirror Replaces Paddle Waver

One wirephoto released by International News Photos dated March 25, 1957. Shows a plane coming in to land on the deck of a ship. The attached press release describes the new technology of a signal mirror that takes the risk out of carrier landings...

GLC09677.23

Carrier Randolph

One wirephoto dated March 30, 1957. Shows a crowd of civilians on the deck of the carrier Randolph looking at the gun emplacements.

GLC09677.24

Navy Releases Drawing of World's Largest Sub

One wirephoto released by Associated Press dated June 25, 1958. Shows a drawing of the world's largest submarine named the Triton. According to the embedded press release the Triton will displace 5,450 tons of water, is 447 feet long and has a beam...

GLC09677.47

Moth Ball Fleet Awaits Call to Duty

One wirephoto released by Associated Press dated January 13, 1961. Shows a naval shipyard. The embedded press release reports that the ships are part of the "moth ball" fleet sitting at the ready. If they were needed ships would be quickly...

GLC09677.58

Wood Flies to War

One poster entitled, "Wood Flies to War," printed by the U.S. Government Printing Office, dated 1943. Poster features an air force plane flying through dark cloudy sky. The poster states, "The Army and Navy need 20,000 Square Feet of Plywood for Each...

GLC09654.11

"I'm building the ships we need to win!"

One poster entitled, "I'm building the ships we need to win!" dated 1942-1945. Poster features a ship builder showing off a "Ships for Victory" badge that is pinned to his overalls. Behind him is a ship in a shipyard being built. The poster reads,...

GLC09654.13

Careless Words May Cause Disaster!

One poster entitled, "Careless Words May Cause Disaster!" printed by the Director of Public Information, dated 1939-1945. Poster features a sailor with the initials H.M.C.S. (Her Majesty's Canadian Ship) on his hat holding his finger up to his lips...

GLC09654.57

US and Japanese photos of the attack on Pearl Harbor [Decimalized .01- .17]

GLC09547

Log album US Navy Air Station Pearl Harbor [empty]

The album has a decorated suede upper cover and card lower cover, 5 printed leaves ("memory leaves," "my log and diary"), 28 blank leaves.

GLC09547.01

[Wrecks of USS Downes & Cassin, 7 December 1941]

Naval History & Heritage Command attributes image to Navy Photographer's Mate Harold Fawcett. Taken during attack in 1941 and printed and released in 1942 for the one-year anniversary.
From Naval History and Hertiage's online catalog: "The wrecked...

GLC09547.02

[Hickam Field]

Inscription on back of photograph: "Hickam Field"

GLC09547.03

Battleship Oklahoma's Deck Breaks Water

Label on front of photograph reads: (WX1) PEARL HARBOR, May 24-- BATTLESHIP OKLAHOMA'S DECK BREAKS WATER---Barnacled deck of the U.S. Battleship Oklahoma breaks water during salvage operations which returned to service 16 of 19 ships sunk by Japs in...

GLC09547.04

[Ship damaged in Pearl Harbor attack]

GLC09547.05

U.S.S. Virginia & U.S.S. Tennessee

Taken during attack in 1941 and printed and released in 1942 for the one-year anniversary.

GLC09547.06

U.S.S. Arizona

Taken during attack in 1941 and printed and released in 1942 for the one-year anniversary.
From Naval HIstory and Heritage's online catalog: "The forward superstructure and midships gun positions of the sunken USS Arizona (BB-39), afire after the...

GLC09547.07

Firefighters Work on Blazing Battleship

Official Navy photo on Pearl Harbor. Label on back of photograph: "US Sailors man boats at the side of the blazing USS West Virginia to fight flames started by the Japs." Taken during attack in 1941 and printed and released in 1942 for the one-year...

GLC09547.08