United States. Navy--History--19th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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
The Man Who Killed Decatur: Commodore James Barron, USN Typescript
Collection — 2 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-667
Scope and Contents
One 1961-1962 typescript for William Oliver Stevens's biography of Commodore James Barron, which was later titled An Affair of Honor: The Biography of Commodore James Barron, U. S. N.
Dates:
created: 1962; Other: Date acquired: 11/01/1962
Found in:
Sargeant Memorial Collection