United States. Navy--Sea life--History--19th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Armistead Family Papers
Collection — 2 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-359
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and notes relating to the Armistead brothers and events surrounding both the War of 1812 and the Second Barbary War.
Dates:
created: 1813-1815, 1817-1818, 1901, 1916; Other: Date acquired: 04/12/2004
Found in:
Sargeant Memorial Collection
Margaret E. Pollard Letters
Collection — 2 boxes
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-058
Scope and Contents
Twenty-two love letters from United States Navy Lieutenant James Madison Lockert to Margaret E. Pollard of Norfolk, Virginia, primarily during their courtship from 1839-1841 when he was aboard the USS Brandywine. Also included is Lockert's letter to Benjamin Pollard asking for Margaret's hand in marriage, a letter from Aunt Ellen, and two pages of verse mourning the death of Lockert in 1845. The collection also includes a cloth bookcover with printed...
Dates:
created: 1839-1841, 1845; Other: Majority of material found in 1840-1841; Other: Date acquired: 06/03/1980
Found in:
Sargeant Memorial Collection
USS Pennsylvania Monthly Diet Bill
Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-621
Scope and Contents
One 1843 monthly diet bill for the USS Pennsylvania at Norfolk, Virginia.
Dates:
created: 1843; Other: Date acquired: 12/01/2003
Found in:
Sargeant Memorial Collection