Manuscripts

John Drake Sloat letter to L. Handy

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Description: In this letter, Sloat passes on a leave of absence to L. Handy from the Secretary of the Navy, and directs Handy whom to notify regarding his location. Written while aboard U.S. St. Louis.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1831, December 24.
Call number: mssHM 21347
Creator: Sloat, John D(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased with A.A.A. 118, date unknown.
Dimensions: 25 cm :
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John F.W. (John Frederick William) Herschel letter to Sir Charles Wood

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In this handwritten, signed letter, Herschel is introducing his eldest son, Sir William James Herschel, to British politician Sir Charles Wood. Herschel's son was on a leave of absence from his duties in India to study law in England.

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Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson letter

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L.S. from Horatio Nelson to the Prinicipal Officers & Commissioners of His Majestys Navy regarding wages due various sailors. The letter was written by a secretary and only signed by Nelson; written aboard the H.M.S. Boreas at the Nore.

mssHM 80326

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John Tyler papers

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This collection primarily consists of letters to John Tyler, from 1842 to 1852, many of them invitations to visit or attend various cities, clubs, societies, and celebrations. Correspondence also concerns the Democratic Party, politics; and the 1844 election, party division, and Tyler's withdrawal from the race. Also present are financial records of White House expenses while Tyler was in office in 1844, Tyler's opinion on the published correspondence of Henry Clay, and a document in Tyler's hand regarding the 1830s military leave of absence case of a Lieutenant Schamberg. In addition, the collection contains an 1838 copybook belonging to Benjamin Harker, the son of Benjamin Harker, founder of the Harker Pottery Company in East Liverpool, Ohio.

mssTyler

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John Charles Frémont letter to Edward Meyer Kern

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Frémont informs Kern that Kern is in command of Fort Sacramento while Frémont is away. Frémont states he will return in ten days, at which time they will begin their journey home. Kern is given leave to shoot anyone who endangers the fort.

mssHM 21241

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John Quincy Adams, Washington, D.C., letter to John Quincy Adams, Quincy

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Autograph letter signed. Letter to his nephew in Navy regarding his passing exams; also communicated his desire to join Mediterranean squadron to Secretary of the Navy. (1 page)

mssShapiro

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Swift, John L. (John Lindsay), 1828-1895. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914

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Letters, manuscripts (including Welles' 1846-1849 diaries), documents and ephemera covering Welles' career as a naval administrator: Chief of Bureau of Provision & Clothing for the Navy, 1846-1849; Secretary of the Navy, 1861-1869 (requests for appointments, purchase of government vessels by George D. Morgan); criticism of Welles's successor, George Maxwell Robeson, and Robeson's assistant David Dixon Porter. Naval operations during the Civil War, including blockades, letters of marque, and the capture of New Orleans in April, 1862; Welles' views on Reconstruction politics; Abraham Lincoln, and Andrew Johnson. Much of the correspondence is written to Welles' son, Edgar T. Welles.

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John Drake Sloat letter to L. Handy

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