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Box 9

 Container

Contains 89 Results:

Letter - Dr. William Barton, to Commodore James Barron, 1832 January 24

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 1
Identifier: id176047
Scope and Contents

2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Urging Barron to not let it be known that he is willing to leave the Station, because of his enemies there.

Dates: 1832 January 24
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 9

Invitation - from the Union Insurance Company to Commodore James Barron to Dinner at 3 o'clock in the Mansion House, 1832 January 4

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 2
Identifier: id176049
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter.

Dates: 1832 January 4
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 9

Newspaper Article - For the Philadelphia Gazette,signed Amor Patrae, 1832 January 28

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 3
Identifier: id176051
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3 pages. Autograph document. Endorsed: on reverse-side of page 2, "Essays upon Naval Subjects by Como. Barron." Re: the Naval Bill before Congress re: naval grades and the new grade of Admiral.

Dates: 1832 January 28
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 9

Letters - Capt. Henry Kenyon, Washington, to Commodore James Barron, Philadelphia, 1832 January

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 4
Identifier: id176053
Scope and Contents

2 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: his difficulties in obtaining a government appointment.

Dates: 1832 January
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 9

Letters - [Comm.] J.D. Elliott, Baltimore,[Maryland] and Carlisle, [Pennsylvania], to Comm. James Barron, Washington and Boston, 1832 January-July

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 5
Identifier: id176055
Scope and Contents

3 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: publications concerning the Barron-Decatur duel and articles on the subject in the Baltimore Sun.

Dates: 1832 January-July
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 9

Letter - James Barron, Philadelphia, to Amos Kendall, 1832 February 11

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 6
Identifier: id176057
Scope and Contents

1 page. Autograph draft signed. Re: an article in the Globe regarding John Thompson, a contractor at the Navy Yard.

Dates: 1832 February 11
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 9

Letter - Amos Kendall, Treasury Department, to Com. James Barron, Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 1832 February 15

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 7
Identifier: id176059
Scope and Contents

1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: a claim made by Thompson before the Committee of Claims of the Congress.

Dates: 1832 February 15
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 9

Letter - Lawrence Penington, Lt. U.S. Navy, Philadelphia, to Com. James Barron, U.S. Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 1832 February 20

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 8
Identifier: id176061
Scope and Contents

1 page. Autograph letter signed. Regret at being unable to participate in February 22 civic ceremonies.

Dates: 1832 February 20
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 9

Letter - C.D. Brodie, U.S. Navy Yard, Pensacola, to James Barron, U.S. Navy, Philadelphia, 1832 March 9

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 9
Identifier: id176063
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4 pages. Autograph letter signed. Mention of Barron's (second) wife; re: difficulties between Comm. Elliott and Capt. Dallas; opposition to Barron in Philadelphia; other naval news.

Dates: 1832 March 9
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 9

Letter - Capt. E.P. Kennedy, Washington, to Comdr. James Barron, Gosport, [1832] March 30

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 10
Identifier: id176065
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1 page. Autograph letter signed. "The President has dismissed Bryne and all the officers involved in the late duel at Philadelphia."

Dates: [1832] March 30
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 9

Letter - Levi Woodbury, Navy Department, to Capt. J.D. Elliott, and A. Dallas, 1832 April 10

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 11
Identifier: id176067
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Copy of Autograph letter signed. Exonerating Elliott of charges brought by Dallas. Also, copy sent to Capt. A. Dallas.

Dates: 1832 April 10
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 9

Letter - Thomas Green, Richmond, to Commodore James Barron, Philadelphia, 1832 April 14

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 12
Identifier: id176069
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1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: payment for land warrants.

Dates: 1832 April 14
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 9

Letter - James Barron, Philadelphia, to the Secretary of the Navy, 1832 April 30

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 13
Identifier: id176071
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1 page. Autograph draft. Re: his letterbooks which he is refusing to turn over to the Department.

Dates: 1832 April 30
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 9

Report - J.D. Elliott, U.S.S. Fairfax, Pensacola Bay, to Commodore James Barron, Commanding Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1832 May 1

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 14
Identifier: id176073
Scope and Contents

2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Marked "Confidential." Report of his difficulties with Capt. Dallas.

Dates: 1832 May 1
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 9

Request - James Barron to the Secretary of the Navy, 1832 June 9

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 15
Identifier: id176075
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2 pages. Autograph draft. Marked "Personal and confidential." Request to be transferred from his command in Philadelphia.

Dates: 1832 June 9
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 9

Letter - Sir Isaac Coffin, London, to Commodore James Barron, 1832 July 7

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 16
Identifier: id176077
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2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Sent with "Murray's list" and an epitome of his life.

Dates: 1832 July 7
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 9

Certificate - William Duval's certificate respecting the Revolutionary [War] Services of Commo. James Barron, Senior, 1832 August 4

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 17
Identifier: id176079
Scope and Contents

3 pages. Autograph document signed.

Dates: 1832 August 4
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 9

Letter - Mary Elliott, Carlisle, to Commodore James Barron, Comm. Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 1832 August 8

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 18
Identifier: id176081
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1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: her father who is so ill that he cannot write.

Dates: 1832 August 8
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 9

Letter - A.M. Green, Sulphur Springs near Fauquier Court House, Virginia, to Commodore James Barron, Philadelphia, 1832 August 30

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 19
Identifier: id176083
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2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the Revolutionary War service of Richard Tool.

Dates: 1832 August 30
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 9

Letter - The Secretary of State for Navy and Colonies, France, to M. Pinkham, Lieut. U.S. Navy, 1832 October 3

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 20
Identifier: id176085
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1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: the ventilators for ships invented by Barron.

Dates: 1832 October 3
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 9

Letter - William Vinyard, Philadelphia, to Comr. James Barron, Comd'g U.S. Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 1832 December 12

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 21
Identifier: id176087
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1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: repairs needed on the ship "Ruth and Mary."

Dates: 1832 December 12
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 9

Letter - Thomas G. Broughton, Norfolk, to Commodore James Barron, U.S. Navy, Philadelphia, 1832 December 12

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 22
Identifier: id176089
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1 page. Autograph letter signed. Apologies for the non-delivery of the Norfolk Herald.

Dates: 1832 December 12
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 9

Invitation - Peter A. Browne, Philadelphia, to Commo. James Barron, 1832 December 16

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 23
Identifier: id176091
Scope and Contents

1 page. Autograph letter signed. Invitation to attend the lectures of the Geological Society of Pennsylvania.

Dates: 1832 December 16
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 9

Letter - William H. Tayloe, Mount Airy, [Pennsylvania], to Comre. James Barron, U.S. Navy, Philadelphia, 1832 December 23

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 24
Identifier: id176093
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1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: the Arabian horse Selim (brought to U.S. by Barron after Tripolitan War).

Dates: 1832 December 23
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 9

William Duane, Philadelphia, to Joseph Cabell, 1833 January 4

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 25
Identifier: id176094
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11 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: "The South Carolina Sedition" and the dangers of the Nullification.

Dates: 1833 January 4
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 9