United States. Navy
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
George Henry Preble Papers, 1791-1873.
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Mss-621
Scope and Contents
The collection contains one volume of Preble family genealogy. Included in this volume are family charts, chronologies, autographs, newspaper clipping of obituaries and other family news, several photographs, a self-portrait of George Henry Preble, and representations of the Preble Family coat of arms. The volume also contains four letters from Jedidiah Preble, three of which were written in 1780 to his daughter (Statira) and one which Jedidiah wrote in 1793 asking Stephen Longfellow to act...
Dates:
1791 - 1873
Howard family papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss-459
Scope and Contents
Most of the collection consists of letters written by four brothers, Stanley, Charles, Henry, and Edward Howard, to their sister Ella and/or their parents, Joseph F. and Nancy Minerva (Pelton) Howard, in Leeds, a section of Northampton, Mass., during their service in the Civil War. Corporal Joseph “Stanley” Howard served with Co. G 27th Regt Mass. Vol. from 1861-1865 and wrote from such locations as Camp Hampshire, Newbern and Washington NC; Annapolis and Baltimore MD; York PA;...
Dates:
1860-1910
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- Atmospherics. 1
- Burnside's Expedition to North Carolina, 1862. 1
- China -- History, Naval -- 1644-1912. 1
- Courts-martial and courts of inquiry -- United States. 1
- Flags -- United States -- History. 1
- Floods -- Massachusetts -- Goshen. 1
- Letterbooks. 1
- Nautical astronomy. 1
- Navy-yards and naval stations -- Massachusetts -- Boston. 1
- Pirates -- China. 1
- Receipts (Acknowledgments) 1
- Roanoke Island (N.C.) -- History -- Capture, 1862. 1
- Scrapbooks. 1
- Ships' logs. 1
- Soldiers -- Massachusetts -- Correspondence. 1
- Soldiers' bodies, Disposition of. 1
- Steam-navigation. 1
- Tax collection -- Massachusetts -- 19th century. 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Destruction and pillage. 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Flags. 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Hospitals. 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Songs and music. 1 ∧ less
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