Box 3
Contains 15 Results:
Box 3: Correspondence (Lewis, William)
Lewis, William, USN, 1802-1825
Will and estate papers. Included are his will, dated 1811, and a number of bonds and bills, as well as letters from Edward Herndon to his widow regarding the settlement of the estate.
Lewis, Lt. William, from Robert Smith, Secretary of the Navy, Washington, 1808 February 20
Letter of credit for $1250 purchases for Mrs. Smith. Including autograph letter signed from Charles Goldsborough to Lt. William Lewis enumerating further purchases.
Lewis, William, Fredericksburg and Fauquier County, Virginia, to Uncle James Lewis and Aunt Elizabeth Lewis, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, 1801
Concerning Presidential election of 1801, local congressional election; family business; and death of James Lewis.
Lewis, William, USN, Washington, D.C. and of Norfolk Harbor, to Garrett Minor and Edward Herndon, 1802
Family financial affairs, with some description of William Lewis' adjustment to shipboard life.
Lewis, William, USN, Gilbraltar and Malta, to Garrett Minor and Edward Herndon, 1802-1803
Discussing shipboard life, the sights of Gibraltar and Northern Africa, some family and business news. The expedition against Algiers that was stopped by wind, and the possibility of war with Spain.
Lewis, William, USN, to his aunt Elizabeth Lewis, Garrett Minor, and Edward Herndon, 1803-1804
Family and business matters, description of shipboard life, and much discussion of the War with the Barbary pirates; U.S.S. Constituion.
Lewis, William, USN, New York, Washington, D.C., Boston, Massachusetts, to his aunt Elizabeth Lewis, Garrett Minor, and Edward Herndon, 1805
Concerned with his return (temporary) to the letter devoted largely to the Napoleonic Wars. Mention is also made in a recent letter of his receiveing command of a ship, The Vesuvius (bombtender).
Lewis, William, USN, Syracuse, New York, U.S. Argus, Tunis, USS Constitution, Gibraltar, Lisbon, Algiers, Cagliari Bay, Alicante, Malaga, to his aunt Elizabeth Lewis, Edward Herndon, and Mrs. Lear, 1805-1807
Concerning description of the countryside, life among the inhabitants of the Barbary Coast, the progress of the Napoleonic Wars, life on board ship and threat of mutiny, Chesapeake-Leopard affair, and U.S.S. Constitution.
Lewis, William, USN, to his aunt Elizabeth Lewis, Mr. Edward Herndon, 1807-1810
Letters also to William Lewis' aunt after her remarriage to Mr. Herndon (probably Mr. Edward Herndon). These letters written from various U.S. port cities, detail the progress of several years in recruiting, also a voyage to France with the first dispatches for the ministry there. Several references made to audiences with President Jefferson.
Lewis, William, USS United States, Norfolk, Hampton Roads, Virginia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Conway Whittle, Elizabeth Herndon, Lieutenant John B. Nicolson, and Mary Whittle, 1810-1811
Concerning his separation from the Navy, his courtship and engagement to Frances Whittle, his appointment as Master of the Pennsylvania Packett, a ship of 300 tons out of Philadelphia, and his preparation for a voyage to Brazil and China, opium trade, bankruptcy of Conway and Fortescue Whittle.
Lewis, William, USN, Pernambuco, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Macao, Lisbon, Portugal, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Lieutenant John B. Nicolson, Edward Herndon, Mary Whittle, and William Jones, Secretary of the Navy, 1811-1815
Details of the trip, as captain of the Pennsylvania Packett, around the world, his illness in Macoa and the necessity of staying here due to War of 1812, his return to Lisbon via a Portuguese ship, and finally to Philadelphia. Comments on the slave trade in Brazil, on trading and hardships caused by the War. Navy offers to makes him Master and Commander upon return.
Lewis, William, Georgetown, Norfolk, Virginia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Guerriere, New York, Staten Island, Sandy Hook, off Carthagena, to Edward Herndon, Conway Whittle, and his bride Frances Whittle Lewis, 1815
Concerns readying his ship on sea and fighting the Algerians in the Mediterranean, while Captain of the USS Guerriere under Commodore Decatur.