Manuscripts

Journal & Remarks on Board the U. States States Frigate San Jacinto of 15 guns

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Description: The journal kept by Thomas A. Dornin onboard the San. Jacinto "from the time of leaving Norfolk Febr. 21st 1860 to the taking command of the U.S. Steamer San Jacinto at Cadiz May 15th 1860 and continued druing her cruise on the Western Coast of Africa for the suppression of the slave trade till the 10th of August 1861 when I gave up the command of that vessel at Loanda & took command of the Frigate Constellation & sailed to the U. States 11th Aug. 1861 and arrived at Portsmouth N.H. on Sept. 28 1861 & gave up the command on the 12th day of October 1861."
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1860, February 21-1861, September 28.
Call number: mssHM 30205
Creator: Dornin, Thomas A (1800-1874)(Opens in new tab)

Thoams Aloysius Dornin letterbook

Manuscripts

The letterbook that Dornin kept while in command of the San Jacinto, from May 14, 1860 and August 8, 1861. The correspondents include Isaac Toucey, Secretary of the Navy, officers of Africa Squadron, the sailors and officers under his command, and the United States consul in Monrovia. Included are reports of captured slavers. The last two letters, dated Sept. 9 and 16, 1861, were written onboard the Constellation. Includes laid in letter from John L. Broome regarding prizeship Bonito, 1873.

mssHM 30206

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John O. Wilson's U.S. Navy Remarks on board the U.S. Frigate Constellation Commodore A.J. Dallas

Manuscripts

Journal that John O. Wilson kept onboard the Constellation from Oct. 8, 1835 to Feb. 28, 1836, including logs of winds, distances, courses, coordinates, remarks about works on rigging and sails, activities onboard, water expended, encounters with American and foreign ships, etc.

mssHM 69807

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Occurences and remarks on board United States Frigate Geo. Washington Commanded by Wilson Jacobs Esq

Manuscripts

The log of the George Washington kept by two midshipmen -- Benjamin Page and William Henry Allen (1784-1838).

mssHM 250

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Journals

Manuscripts

A collection of the personal and professional papers of Edward Davis Townsend. Included in the collection are official and private correspondence, chiefly letters addressed to him, military records, journals, memoirs, and a few photographs. Two journals cover the 2nd Seminole War from 1837 to 1838, and his service in California from 1851 to 1856. The latter was incorporated into a memoir entitled "A Trip to California;" both accounts are accompanied by pencil sketches. An unfinished memoir covers Townsend's life and career until the beginning of the Mexican War. The collection also contains a group of personal and political correspondence of Elbridge Gerry, including pieces related to his diplomatic and political career from 1772 to 1814, and the correspondence of Ann Thompson Gerry and Eliza Gerry Townsend. Also included are a copy of Samuel Auchmuty's 1761 sermon on 1 John 5:7, and contemporary copies of Jefferson Davis's letters to his wife Varina Howell Davis from 1861 to 1865. The collection also includes a spool of thread with a hidden note in it, 1861 February 10, and a cotton ball from the steamer Emma, which was loaded with cotton when its crew burned it at Fort Pulaski on August 31, 1862, to prevent its capture by the Union forces under the command of William B. Barton.

mssHM 41695

United States of America. No ardent spirits allowed on board

Visual Materials

Image of a ship in full sail at the top of the ship's articles for the ship George Turner signed in 1861; contract between the Ship Master and the seamen signing on for service on a voyage including printed text with manuscript text inscriptions in ink and pencil including a listing terms of service, the names of sailors signed up for the voyage, and other pertinent information.

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Journal of John André, 1777, June 11 - 1778, Nov. 15

Manuscripts

Journal that André kept while aide-de-camp to Charles Grey, from June 11, 1777 to November 15, 1778. There are no entries for the period from Dec. 30, 1777 to June 1778. The journal covers the Philadelphia campaign and its aftemarth, including the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, White Marsh, and Monmouth; British raids in New Bedford (1778, Sept. 5-6) and Martha's Vineyard (1778, Sept. 10-15) and Baylor's massacre at Old Tappan, N.J. (1778, Sept. 27) Also included are returns of troops under the command of Sir William Howe and Henry Clinton.

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Journal & Remarks on Board the U. States States Frigate San Jacinto of 15 guns

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