1850-1851

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: [Journal of the U.S.S. Portsmouth of the African Squadron, U.S. Navy]

Journal of the U.S.S. Portsmouth of the African Squadron, U.S. Navy, organized to protect legitimate American trading activity in western Africa, as well as to suppress "the Slave trade, so far as the Citizens of Flag of the U.S. may be found engaged therein." Includes a letter to the commander of the U.S.S. Dale, sending a copy of the treaty with Britain that authorized the anti-slave trade patrols, and the following order: "Should you meet any of the British Cruisers engaged in the suppression of the Slave trade, you are to communicate freely with them on this service, and whenever it can…

GLC09362

8 June 1861-16 July 1861

West, Lewis H., 1829-?

Autograph letter

Title: to R. West

Letter begins on 8 June at sea and continues on 17 June (he writes July 17, but that is impossible) at Fernandina, Florida; 27 June; 8 July; and 16 July at Hampton Roads, Virginia. On 8 June says he is 30 miles south of Savannah and near their destination of the boundary between Georgia and Florida. Says their departure from Charleston was sudden and was not able to tell her that he was put in charge of the privateer that was captured a week earlier. Was overhauling her and found the signal book, which gave them the ability to read Confederate signals from the shore. Tried to trick another…

GLC03836.08

31 December 1822

Sampson, Zabdiel, 1781-1828

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Aaron Hobart

Discusses which route the mail should be carried over, and states most of the public support a specific route. Measures from Congress regarding suppresion of piracy also meet the approval of the public.

GLC06313.04.213

21 December 1861

West, Lewis H., 1829-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to R. West

Says he started down for Fernandine. Says they previously boarded an English ship loaded with salt heading for New Brunswick. The ship had a letter stating that it should try to get to Savannah, Georgia if possible, but to go to New Brunswick otherwise. They thought it was a weak ruse to avoid the blockade and they towed the ship into Port Royal. Says they captured a ship ladened with provisions after it ran ashore on the beach. Describes the capture and eventual burning of the ship in detail. Says he was able to get some coffee and a new pair of shoes and that 12,000 cigars were captured.…

GLC03836.29

1847

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

Pamphlet

Title: Mr. Sumner's Lecture on White Slavery in the Barbary States.

Sumner's lecture given before the Boston Mercantile Library Association, 17 February 1847. Published by William D. Ticknor and Company. Printed in Cambridge by Metcalf and Company, printers to the University. Inscribed on the original orange cover to the editor of the Daily Bee from the publisher.

GLC02095.19

April 5, 1823

Porter, David Dixon, 1813-1891

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Vincent Gray

"As fast as my vessels arrive, I shall send them off the coast of Cuba again....the pirates shall have but little peace..." building a town in Florida,etc.

GLC08288

19 May 1824

United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

Pamphlet

Title: [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 measures adopted by the last session of Congress and the zeal of naval officers in the Caribbean have put a stop to piracy. Says pirates have operated from Cuba "for years" under the eye of the Spanish government. Says the Spanish government was complicit in the acts. Mentions that the present Captain General of the Island of Cuba has…

GLC04604.01

January 12, 1823

Stewart, Charles, 1778-1869

Autograph letter signed

Title: 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 there proceed to Washington D.C. as quickly as possible. Mentions the purser will provide necessary cash for expenses and he is asked to keep an account. Mayo signed a note at the bottom and verso of the letter saying he took passage to Panama but missed the English packet and had to remain "one month in the deadly place." Writes he took…

GLC04604.03

15 November 1828

Elliott, Jesse D. (Jesse Duncan), 1782-1845

Manuscript

Title: to Isaac Mayo

Written by Captain Elliott as commander of the West India Squadron to Lieutenant Mayo as commander of the schooner "Grampus" stationed off the coast of Cuba. This is a clerical copy, with clerical signature of Elliott, of general instructions to Mayo. Marked "Confidential." Says future official communications should be sent to him and copies sent to the Secretary of Navy. Says the government thinks it necessary to have a naval presence in the West Indies and Gulf of Mexico and has put him in charge of it. Says the Spanish blockade in the West Indies is illegal, but not to interfere without…

GLC04604.14

11 March 1830

Elliott, Jesse D. (Jesse Duncan), 1782-1845

Letter signed

Title: to James G. Boughan

Signed by Captain Elliott as commander of the West India Squadron on board the U.S.S. Falmouth to Lieutenant Boughan stationed on the schooner U.S.S. Grampus. Boughan was a subordinate to Lieutenant Isaac Mayo, commander of the "Grampus." Instructions given to convoy any American ships around Cuba that so desire it. Tells him to be on the lookout for "the Hermaphrodite Brig. Manzanans, Captain Abnio, suspected of the piracy committed on the merchant Ship, Candace, of Boston." If captured he is to take him to Havana. When Boughan returns to Cuba asks him to communicate with him. Third page is…

GLC04604.15

10 April 1830

Elliott, Jesse D. (Jesse Duncan), 1782-1845

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Isaac Mayo

Written by Elliott on board the U.S.S. Falmouth as commander of the West Indian Squadron to Lieutenant Commander Mayo. Orders Mayo to assume command of the schooner U.S.S. Grampus. Says Lieutenant James G. Boughan will provide him a copy of his general instructions (GLC04604.14). Says Boughan will get him acclimated to the ship and give him further orders.

GLC04604.16

5 June 1830

Mayo, Isaac, 1791-1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: Circumstances leading to and attending the seize of the Phoenix

Written by Lieutenant Commander Mayo as commander of the U.S.S. Grampus. Relates the chase made by the "Grampus" to capture the slave trade ship"Phoenix" off the coast of Saint Domingo. J.C. Hall, captain of the merchant ship "Kremlin," which sailed out of Boston, Massachusetts (see letter Mayo wrote to Hall at GLC04604.19), was threatened by the "Phoenix" and witnessed Mayo's seizure. The "Phoenix" raised a Spanish flag when encountered. Says they had to fire shots to get them to take down their sails and surrender. Sent a Lt. Wilson and an armed party to board the 90.5 ton schooner. The…

GLC04604.17

5 June 1830

Mayo, Isaac, 1791-1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Branch

Written by Lieutenant Commander Mayo as commander of the U.S.S. Grampus, which was off the coast of Saint Domingo, to Branch as Secretary of the Navy. Better copy of GLC04606.17. Marked "No. 2" in docket.

GLC04604.18

9 June 1830

Mayo, Isaac, 1791-1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: to J.C. Hall

Written by Lieutenant Commander Mayo as commander of the U.S.S. Grampus to Hall as captain of the merchant ship "Kremlin," based out of Boston, Massachusetts. Hall was threatened by the slave trade ship "Phoenix" and witnessed Mayo's seizure of the ship for piracy. Looked over Hall's affidavit and says he overlooked "two material points." Two points are: 1. the "Phoenix" ordered him to send a boat on board of her and after Hall refused and the "Phoenix" threatened to board the "Kremlin," which was an attempt to detain the ship without authority on the high seas. 2. the "Phoenix" crossing the…

GLC04604.19

12 July 1830

Elliott, Jesse D. (Jesse Duncan), 1782-1845

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Isaac Mayo

Written by Captain Elliott as commander of the West India Squadron to Lieutenant Commander Mayo as commander of the U.S.S. Grampus. Orders Mayo to remain with the Grampus until Lt. Wilson comes out with the prize. Mayo is to escort Wilson to the mouth of the Mississippi River. Tells him to secure all prisoners for the trip for New Orleans. When he returns to Pensacola, Elliott wants to be given a report. Written "in haste." Address and docket are on a sheet that is now separated from the letter.

GLC04604.20

1 August 1830

Mayo, Isaac, 1791-1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mr. Knight

Written by Lieutenant Commander Mayo as commander of the schooner U.S.S. Grampus to Mr. Knight of Havana, Cuba. References Knight's letter of 26 June 1830. Says he has made a request that is so out of line that he cannot comply with it. The request involved the slave ship "Feris" and Mayo says that the only explanation for the request must be Knight's lack of knowledge of the ship's character. Says "The slavers are now almost the only Pirates afloat, and they will be dealt by accordingly." Says the ship will never reach Cuba because it will never be cleared from New Orleans. Even if the ship…

GLC04604.21

7 September 1830

Elliott, Jesse D. (Jesse Duncan), 1782-1845

Manuscript letter

Title: to Isaac Mayo

Clerical copy written and signed by H.F. Ingraham, Captain Elliott's clerk on the U.S.S. Erie. Marked "True Copy." Written by Captain Elliott as commander of the West India Squadron to Lieutenant Commander Mayo as commander of the U.S.S. Grampus. Orders Mayo that once his ship is prepared he is to sail off the coast of Havana and Mantanzas Bay. Tells him to restock his supplies at Mantanzas Bay quickly. Afterward he is to sail into the Caribbean Sea where American trade is "subject to annoyance of which I will expect an exercise of great vigilance in giving to it such protection as your…

GLC04604.22

13 November 1830

Elliott, Jesse D. (Jesse Duncan), 1782-1845

Letter signed

Title: to Isaac Mayo

Written in clerical hand and signed by Captain Elliott as commander of the West India Squadron to Lieutenant Commander Mayo as commander of the U.S.S. Grampus. Orders Mayo to take provisions for a four month cruise off the coast of Mexico. Says he needs to use economy in stocking the ship. Asks Mayo to leave him the triplicates of the list of requisitions. Says Lt. Rinker has been ordered to join the Grampus to replace Lt. Rick Morris. Says Morris is to have permission to return home and to report to the Secretary of the Navy by letter when he arrives. Mayo is to make an appearance off Vera…

GLC04604.23

31 December 1830

Mayo, Isaac, 1791-1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: to J.D. Elliott

Marked "Copy of a Letter to J.D. Elliott," on docket. Written by Lieutenant Commander Mayo as commander of the U.S.S. Grampus to Captain Elliott as commander of the West India Squadron. Half the letter appears to be written in a clerical hand and the last half written and signed by Mayo. References Elliott's orders of 7 September 1830 (see GLC 04604.22) and says he proceeded to the coast off Havana, Cuba on 13 September. He encountered a gale on the way there, taking much water, and anchored in Mantanzas Bay on 21 September. Waited to leave until 2 October because a convoy was gathering.…

GLC04604.24

20 April 1815

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Autograph letter signed

Title: To: Benjamin Crowninshield.

Directing operations against Barbary Pirates.

GLC08064

27 July 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 55, whole no. 3710 (July 27, 1863)]

News from Vicksburg, Mechanicsburg, and the North. Proclamation from Pennsylvania Governor Curtin. Rebel piracies and trade in Liverpool. Cotton swindling.

GLC05959.51.085

11 November 1863

Brownlow, William Gannaway, 1805-1877

Newspaper

Title: Brownlow's Knoxville Whig and rebel ventilator. [Vol. 1, no. 1 (November 11, 1863)]

Opening Statement on the reopening of the paper - against the Confederacy, Slidell lying in europe, Semmes the pirate, Traitor Slidell on Slavery, The Fugitive Slave Law, The Oath of Allegiance, Origin of army negroes, The rebellion a conspiracy. Two copies of the same issue.

GLC05959.50.01

30 March 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 6, whole no. 3659 (March 30, 1863)]

Letters from the Rangers and Richmond. Editorial on the geographical argument with the western states. Maffitt the pirate.

GLC05959.51.059

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

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