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Box 2

 File — Box: 2
Identifier: id264005
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection includes the correspondence, certificates, photographs, accounts, and journals of Rear Admiral Charles H. Bell. Naval journals cover Bell's service in the Mediterranean Sea from 1855-1858. The photographs are a mix of personal and souvenirs, which largely depict men and women from Peru. There is also material related to his role as executor for the estate of Samuel Swartwout. The collection also includes papers related to the Smith family, particularly Bell's executor and...
Dates: 1772-1929; Majority of material found in 1852-1875

Private journal of Charles H. Bell, 10 January 1857 - 29 June 1858

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: id264010
Scope and Contents

Private journal of Charles H. Bell, Captain of the U.S.S. Constellation, describing navigation conditions, sightseeing, and conditions ashore as the vessel sailed around the Mediterranean Sea. Included on the itinerary were Alexandria, Messina, [La] Spezia, Carthage, Tunis, Mahon, Algiers, Lisbon, Cadiz, Tangier, Malaga, Cartagena, Barcelona, Marseilles, Toulon, Genoa, Naples, Caserta, Palermo, Elba, Pianosa, [unintelligible], Corsica, Gorgona, and Genoa. 143pp. MsV.

Dates: 10 January 1857 - 29 June 1858

Daily Pocket Diary used as a memorandum by Charles H. Bell, 1859-1860

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: id264015
Scope and Contents

Daily Pocket Diary, 1859, used as a memorandum by Charles H. Bell, including list of commissioned and warrant officers and others attached to the Gosport Naval Station at Norfolk, Va., 1859; notes on the deaths of his three children, 1860; and a list of birth and death dates of Bell and Smith relatives.

Dates: 1859-1860

Memorandum book, 1866-1874

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Identifier: id264020
Scope and Contents

Memorandum book containing statement of account with R.C. Rogers, San Fancisco, Calif.; list of registered bonds; estate of Samuel Swartwouth (1874), 14pp. MsV.

Dates: 1866-1874

Memorandum book, 1873-1877

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 4
Identifier: id264025
Scope and Contents

Memorandum book containing private account of Israel Smith, 1873; Accounts of Charles H. Bell with National Bank of New Jersey, 1875-1877. 13 pp. MsV.

Dates: 1873-1877

Estate of Charles H. Bell, circa 1870-1899

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 5
Identifier: id264030
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection includes the correspondence, certificates, photographs, accounts, and journals of Rear Admiral Charles H. Bell. Naval journals cover Bell's service in the Mediterranean Sea from 1855-1858. The photographs are a mix of personal and souvenirs, which largely depict men and women from Peru. There is also material related to his role as executor for the estate of Samuel Swartwout. The collection also includes papers related to the Smith family, particularly Bell's executor and...
Dates: circa 1870-1899

Bound volume, 8 October 1883

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Identifier: id264035
Scope and Contents

Notebook containing "Notes on English Literature" by Edith M. Smith. 137pp. MsV.

Dates: 8 October 1883

Smith Family Papers, 1900-1929

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 7
Identifier: id264040
Scope and Contents

Israel Smith was married to Charles Bell's daughter, Henrietta, who died in 1860. Smith also served as Bell's executor.

Dates: 1900-1929

Notebook containing depictions of British naval signals, undated

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 8
Identifier: id264045
Scope and Contents

Notebook containing watercolor paintings of British naval flags and descriptions which include the appropriate salute due each flag, with W[illia]m D. Bell's name inside the front cover. 16 pp. MsV.

Dates: undated

Ephemera, undated

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 9
Identifier: id264050
Scope and Contents

Newspaper clipping of an article copied from the Hartford Times discussing the status of the U.S. Navy under Secretary [Isaac] Toucey; German language card for the word "Fisch;" Advertisement for B.A. Fahnestock's Vermifuge for sale by H.T. Jones, Williamsburg, Va.

Dates: undated

Postcard scrapbook, undated

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 10
Identifier: id265505
Scope and Contents

Scrapbook containing postcards of scenes in Frances, Italy, and England as well as photographs of French kings and queens, and a program of the "Celebration at Jamestown, 13 May 1897," directed to Ms. R[ebecca] M[intern] Smith, Williamsburg, Va., in an envelope with a view of the college yard. 70pp. MsV.

Dates: undated