1864 ca.

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: [Carte de visite of John Adolph Dahlgren]

Admiral Dahlgren poses standing next to a cannon.

GLC08518

1847/12/23

Maury, Jefferson, 1826-1895

Autograph letter signed

Title: to J.T. Mason, Secretary of the Navy re: reinstatement after drunkenness...

Suspended for drunkenness. Takes an oath of abstinence. Maury entered the U.S. Navy at 15 and passed as midshipman in 1847.

GLC08443

February 18, 1859

Toucey, Isaac, 1796-1869

Manuscript document signed

Title: to Thomas A. Conover

Secretary of the Navy Toucey orders Conover to direct the U.S.S. "Dale" to "proceed to the Navy Yard at Portsmouth, N.H." Marked "Duplicate" at top of page. Written at the "Navy Department."

GLC00722.48

February 18, 1802

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Document signed

Title: Printed authorization for U.S. Frigate "Congress" to seize ships of Tripoli

Specifically directed against the Bey of Tripoli (controversy with the Barbery states). With blind stamp of the U. S. Navy Dept. but not signed by the Secretary of Navy.

GLC00639.18

February 18, 1898

McKinley, William, 1843-1901

Typed document signed

Title: to Czar Nicholas II

Telegram thanking Czar Nicholas for condolences he had offered for the sinking of the USS Maine. Typed on Department of State telegram letterhead. Stamped "2d Assistant Secretary, Feb 18 1898."

GLC00782.16

1805/05/25

Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849

Printed document signed

Title: [Notice of an amendment to "An act for the more effectual preservation of peace in the ports and harbours of the United States, and in the waters under their jurisdiction"]

A circular letter signed by Secretary of the Treasury Gallatin and sent to Dudley Hobart, the collector of Bath, Maine. Instructs Hobart to enforce the amendment to the fourth section of the March 3, 1805 act, which empowered the president "to permit or interdict, at pleasure" any armed vessels from foreign nations entering America's ports and required all such vessels to submit a report outlining the reason for their arrival. Signed in type, "Approved, TH: JEFFERSON".

GLC01420

February 12, 1815

Mande, J., fl. 1815

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Winfield Scott

Mande asks General Winfield Scott to supply his ship with supplies to enable its return to England. Letter written aboard the British ship "Favorite" commanded by Captain Mande which carried the Treaty of Ghent notifying America of peace in the War of 1812.

GLC01450.722

1748/03/12

Brodie, Daniel, fl. 1748

Document signed

Title: re: naval supplies

GLC01450.317

1757/08/24

Pownall, William, 1722-1805

Document signed

Title: Naval certificate, signed by William Shaeffer on verso, 8/27/1757

GLC01450.326

1745/11/19

Shirley, William, 1694-1771

Document signed

Title: re: tending the sick. (naval) (cos. Wm Williams and Jason Monk)

GLC01450.341

1812/08/28

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

Printed document signed

Title: Additional Instruction to the public and private armed vessels of the United States.

Signed as Secretary of State. In response to the repeal of British Orders in Council, instructs naval and privateering ships to assist, rather than obstruct, any American owned ships bringing British goods to the United States. Issued shortly after the start of the War of 1812. Compare to GLC01665.

GLC01494

1777/09/01-1780/03/18

Lowell, John, 1743-1802

Autograph manuscript

Title: Copy of Robert Morris speech re: price of peace & cost of maintaining it

Lowell's copy of Morris' 1783 budget speech detailing estimates for the army, navy, foreign affairs, etc. noting that by focusing on naval strength, "the enemy will be convinced of the impracticality of subduing us." With a one page table listing the depreciation of the Continental dollar.

GLC01526

1759? ca.

Manuscript

Title: Poem, "Come Soldiers All" re: battle on Plains of Abraham

GLC01450.314

1861/08/19

Nichols, E.B., fl. 1861-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Ward re: the first Union attack on Galveston

Enclosing a duplicate of his letter of Aug. 10 (not included).

GLC02145.19

1862/05/20

Nichols, E.B., fl. 1861-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Ward re: notice of Union order to surrender Galveston to avoid bombing

Written on stationery of E. B. Nichols & Co.

GLC02145.22

1802/10/19

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Letter signed

Title: to Thomas Nelson

Circular letter in which Secretary of State Madison, on behalf of President Jefferson, requests district attorneys forward explanations of how state laws apply to seamen deserting from foreign vessels. Seeks Nelson's reply on the laws of Virginia. A draft of Nelson's autograph response appears on pages 2-3, dated 3 November 1802 at Yorktown, Virginia.

GLC01870

February 18, 1862

Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881

Document signed

Title: [Declaration to citizens of Roanoke Island to renew allegiance to Union]

Historically significant proclamation to the citizens of Roanoke Island, typifying the moderate approach to warfare of Ambrose Burnside, his patron George B. McClellan, and Northern Democrats. Promises not to "interfere with your laws constitutionally established, your institutions of any kind whatever, your property of any sort [i.e., slavery] …," if the citizens of this district returned their loyalties to the United States. Signed by Burnside as Brigadier General Commanding the Department of North Carolina and by Goldsborough as Flag Officer Commanding the North Atlantic Blockading…

GLC01886

1812/09/08

Jeffery, Richard, fl. 1748-1812

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Nancy Jeffery

Writing his wife about her inability to send letters, enclosing articles she asked for and knitting needles, good health of all friends and relations, arrival of militia and their poor health, capture of British frigate "Guerriere" by the USS "Constitution," travel to Carolina. This was the first significant victory of the War of 1812.

GLC01896.003

1810/06/28

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Benjamin Rush re: re: "Has America no soul?" and America's future

Written from retirement at Quincy, bemoaning the state of America, its manipulation by European politicians and its potentially great future. Adams asks whether "America has no soul" since no one jumps to its defense. He also foresees, like many contemporaries, the westward course of empire.

GLC01965

1794/07/03

Higginson, Stephen, 1743-1828

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mr. LeRoy and Mr. Bayard

Discusses a shipping business venture. Comments on French naval activities in the West Indies, including their recapturing of Guadeloupe from the British. Mentions a possible response from Sir John Jervis. Speculates that the French might not only recover the islands taken by Jervis but capture him as well. Expects a positive outcome from John Jay's upcoming negotiations in London, part of which were aimed at obtaining indemnities for shippers, securing the right to trade in the British West Indies, and ensuring peace. That meeting produced Jay's Treaty.

GLC02450.08

1800/12/30

Tingey, Thomas, fl. 1800

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Messrs Willings & Francis re: salvage

GLC02498.17

1806/02/24

Preble, Edward, 1761-1807

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Smith

Commodore Preble recommends Charles Morris as a person to transmit secret government dispatches should they be needed while European powers were at war. Hopes Secretary of the Navy Smith will recommend Morris to President James Madison. Morris had served under Preble on the frigate Constitution and continued to serve on the Constitution during the War of 1812.

GLC02497.14

1758/06/10

Boscawen, Edward, 1711-1761

Letter signed

Title: to Captain Vaughan

Orders Captain Vaughan to "receive twelve pipes of Madeira wine being two months supply," for his men. Written on board the HMS Namur.

GLC02500.03

1801/07/16

Truxtun, Thomas, 1755-1822

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard Dale

The retired Commodore Truxtun writes to Commodore Dale with personal news and naval advice. Indicates that Dale was near "the theatre of the European War," referring to the first Barbary War, for which Truxtun declined a command. In a post script, indicates that he hopes Dale will stay in the Mediterranean for a year, "which will work down some of your fat of which you have too much."

GLC02500.10

1814/06/04

Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Dearborn

Lists the estimated costs of constructing the first steam-powered U.S. naval vessel. Fulton estimates that $25,000 will be required for three months, with the amount decreasing after that. Costs include materials, wages, and a monthly payment to the shipbuilders, "the Messrs. Browns." Accompanied by scribal document giving specifications for "U.S.S. Fulton the First." Former secretary of war Major General Henry Dearborn (1751-1829) served as commander of New York's defenses during the War of 1812. The inventor, engineer, and artist Robert Fulton had been constructing and operating…

GLC02302