Box 2
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Box 2
Private journal of Charles H. Bell, 10 January 1857 - 29 June 1858
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.
Daily Pocket Diary used as a memorandum by Charles H. Bell, 1859-1860
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.
Memorandum book, 1866-1874
Memorandum book containing statement of account with R.C. Rogers, San Fancisco, Calif.; list of registered bonds; estate of Samuel Swartwouth (1874), 14pp. MsV.
Memorandum book, 1873-1877
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.
Estate of Charles H. Bell, circa 1870-1899
Bound volume, 8 October 1883
Notebook containing "Notes on English Literature" by Edith M. Smith. 137pp. MsV.
Smith Family Papers, 1900-1929
Israel Smith was married to Charles Bell's daughter, Henrietta, who died in 1860. Smith also served as Bell's executor.
Notebook containing depictions of British naval signals, undated
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.
Ephemera, undated
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.
Postcard scrapbook, undated
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.