Manuscripts

American admirals collection

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Description: Three autograph letters signed written by U.S. Admirals George Dewey, David Glasgow Farragut, and Andrew Hull Foote, bound together with portraits and transcriptions.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1842-1866.
Call number: mssHM 21690-21692
Provenance: Provenance unknown. In library as of January 1994.
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United States Army and Navy officer photographs

Visual Materials

The Civil War collection of United States Army and Naval officers consist of twenty-four carte de visite and cabinet card portraits attributed to the James William Eldridge collection (mssEG). The military figures include such persons as Admiral David Glasgow Farragut (1801-1870), Admiral Andrew Hull Foote (1806-1863), Major General George Brinton McClellan (1826-1885), Brigadier General Theodore Runyon (1822-1896), and Admiral William Branford Shubrick (1790-1874). The collection also includes an image of George W. Sadler (1819-1876), the undertaker who escorted John Brown to his execution.

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Admiral A. H. Foote

Visual Materials

Image of a bust-length portrait of Admiral Andrew Hull Foote in military jacket, shirt, and bow tie.

priJLC_MIL_001236

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English admirals autograph collection

Manuscripts

Volume of bound autographs and correspondence by British admirals including Earl Richard Howe. Some letters have typescripts.

mssHM 60665

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1864

Manuscripts

Official and personal correspondence of David G. Farragut, primarily covering his Civil War career. Included are: Farragut's letters his wife Virginia Loyall Farragut and son Loyall Farragut, his subordinates Thornton A. Jenkins and Henry Haywood Bell, and others; letters to Farragut from Nathaniel P. Banks, Gustavus V. Fox, Gideon Welles, and others. Also included are letters addressed to Mrs. Farragut, a few orders and other documents, and a typewritten manuscript.

mssHM 26687-26867

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1865-1913

Manuscripts

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1826-1862

Manuscripts

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American admirals collection

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