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Engraving of Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool
1836
Lawrence, Thomas, 1769-1830
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
01 May 1861
Goldsborough, Louis Malesherbes, 1805-1877
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)]
22 June 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
22 Sept 1798
Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
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.
06 July 1798
Barry, John, 1745-1803
Sailors" Oath of Allegiance on Commander Barry"s Frigate "United States".
GLC08352
to the Naval Officers Commanding the Fleet off Mobile
12 June 1862
Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893
Regarding "Exchanges of salt and provisions between this post and Mobile."
GLC08370.02
to Gen. Benjamin Butler
23 October 1862
Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870
"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"
7 November 1861
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
1779-1781
GLC08390
[Deposition of American sailor captured by the British off Nova Scotia in 1778]
22 October 1779
Farry, John, fl. 1779
GLC08390.01
[Prisoner Petition]
27 November 1781
"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
30 December 1864
Blair, D.F., fl. 1864
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
1864
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
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]
December 1, 1809
Madison, James, 1751-1836
Countersigned by Navy Secretary Paul Hamilton and registered by Nathaniel Maxwell.
GLC00496.052
[Appointment of George D. LaRoche as sailing master]
13 August 1813
Countersigned by Navy Secretary William Jones and registered by Nathaniel Maxwell.
GLC00496.053
[Appointment of John Crean as midshipman]
February 1, 1814
GLC00496.054
[Appointment of Branch W. Miller as midshipman]
8 March 1814
Countersigned by Navy Secretary William Jones and registered by E.W. DuVal.
GLC00496.055
[Appointment of George Craft as sailing master]
17 August 1814
GLC00496.056
[Appointment of Joshua Potts as Navy Agent]
21 April 1812
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]
March 28, 1820
Monroe, James, 1758-1831
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
July 10, 1822
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
January 24, 1815
Rich, Charles, 1771-1824
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
July 31, 1776
Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804
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
July 7, 1777
Parsons, Samuel Holden, 1737-1789
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
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