Manuscripts
1825-1844
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1732-1799
Manuscripts
Includes John Adams, Philadelphia, commission of letters of marque and reprisal to the ship Sphinx, 1799 November 7. Document signed; printed form, filled in. Also signed by Timothy Pickering. (HR 1)
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1815-1824
Manuscripts
Includes John Quincy Adams, Ealing, England, autograph letter signed to Thomas Aspinall, London, 1816 November 18 (HR 2).
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1800-1814
Manuscripts
Includes James Monroe, Department of State, letter signed to the U.S. Marshall at Baltimore, 1812 September 17 (HR 252).
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Charles T. Harbeck collection
Manuscripts
The collection consists of papers relating to the U.S. Navy and to naval officers. Material includes letters, orders, commissions, engravings, records of various ships, including the U.S.S. Constitution, and other documents, primarily dealing with the naval operations of the Revolutionary War and nineteenth century wars, including the War of 1812 and the Civil War. There is also a small group of items concerning the British Navy. The collection was assembled by Charles T. Harbeck for purposes of extra-illustrating Edgar Stanton Maclay's History of the U. S. Navy, but the project was not completed.
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United States Navy prints
Manuscripts
Consists of engravings related to the history of the United States Navy by such creators as Currier & Ives, J.O. Davidson, Francis Kearny, and John Perry Newell. The battle scenes and ships depict imagery of Lake Champlain, Lake Erie, the Mississippi River, as well as Havana, Cuba and Tripoli.
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1845-1860
Manuscripts
The collection consists of papers relating to the U.S. Navy and to naval officers. Material includes letters, orders, commissions, engravings, records of various ships, including the U.S.S. Constitution, and other documents, primarily dealing with the naval operations of the Revolutionary War and nineteenth century wars, including the War of 1812 and the Civil War. There is also a small group of items concerning the British Navy. The collection was assembled by Charles T. Harbeck for purposes of extra-illustrating Edgar Stanton Maclay's History of the U. S. Navy, but the project was not completed.
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