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Herbert Benezet Tyson Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSN/CW 5010
Abstract
A group of 5 letters written by naval lieutenant Herbert Benezet Tyson of the U.S.S. Connecticut, during that ship's cruise to and around the Caribbean in winter/spring 1865.
Dates:
1865
Michael Quin Documents
Collection
Identifier: MSN/CW 2013
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of State Department copies of documents sent by British Ambassador Lord Lyons to U. S. Secretary of State William H. Seward on 8 August 1863, now being forwarded, on 13 August, to Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, accompanied by a cover letter signed by Seward. The case itself was months old, and had spawned a good deal of paperwork prior to the appearance of this particular batch of documents. The two key items are; 1) a seven-page affidavit of Quinn's describing...
Dates:
1863
Pugh Family Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSN/CW 5009
Abstract
A group of 12 letters written by the Western Pennsylvania Quakers John and Joseph Pugh during the Civil War. Included are 6 letters written by John during his service aboard the U.S.S. Quaker City, of the navy's East Gulf Blockading Squadron.
Dates:
1862-1864
Robert B. Drinan Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSN/MN 5009
Abstract
The correspondence and naval mementos of Robert B. Drinan, dating from his period of service as apprentice in the United States Navy (1896/7-1901).
Dates:
1897-1973; Majority of material found within 1897-1901
Salute! Junior Edition
Item
Identifier: EPH 5052
Scope and Contents
One game manufactured by Selchow & Righter Company. Players roll dice and move pieces across a board marked to represent promotions and demotions in rank for the four United States Armed Forces: Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Corps. The player who reaches the center of the board first becomes Commander in Chief and leads the other players in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Dates:
1940
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- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Blockades -- Sources 2
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- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations -- Sources 2
- Board games (game sets) 1
- Cardboard 1
- Caribbean Area -- Description and travel 1
- Caribbean Area -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- Caribbean Area -- History, Naval -- 19th century 1
- Game pieces (game elements) 1
- Gameboards (board game elements) 1
- Legal documents 1
- Letters 1
- Patriotism -- United States 1
- Postcards 1
- Providence (R.I.) -- Social life and customs 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, Foreign 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, Quaker 1
- Wood (plant material) 1 ∧ less
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- Archibald, Edward Mortimer, 1810-1884 1
- Connecticut (Ship) 1
- Drinan, Robert B. (Robert Barker), 1880-after 1942 1
- Lyons, Richard Bickerton Pemell Lyons, Earl, 1817-1887 1
- Pugh, John, ca. 1833-1924 1
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