Box 9
Contains 89 Results:
Letter - James Barron, Washington, to Andrew Stevenson, Speaker of the House of Representatives, 1834 January 5
1 page. Autograph draft signed. Asking that his steam prow for battleships be presented to the House for consideration.
Letter - Chas. Cassell, Portsmouth, to Commodore James Barron, Washington, D.C., 1834 January 22
2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Asking his support in keeping civilian workers at the Navy Yard.
Invitation John Reed, House of Representatives, to Commdre. James Barron, Washington City, 1834 January 25
1 page. Autograph letter signed. Invitation to explain his steam prow ship to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
Letter - Levi Woodbury, Navy Department, to Commo. James Barron, U. States Navy, Washington, D.C., 1834 January 27
Copy of Autograph letter signed. Re: "bellows ventilator which have been used in Naval Ships of the U.S. for eight or ten years, with no reward given to Barron, the inventor."
Letter - James Barron, Washington, to Levi Woodbury, Secretary of the Navy, Washington, 1834 January 29
1 page. Autograph draft signed. Asking consideration of his bellows ventilator for use on Naval ships.
Request - James Barron, Washington, to Andrew Stevenson, Speaker of the House of Representatives, 1834 January 29
1 page. Autograph draft signed. Submitting his invention of ships ventilator for consideration by the Congress.
Letters - T. Gatewood, Norfolk, to Commodore James Barron, U.S. Navy, Washington and Philadelphia, 1834 January-August
14 letters. Autograph letters signed. News letters about the family of Barron and Naval events in Norfolk; re: his trouble with a Navy agent, of Dr. Cowdery, of Lt. William Cunningham's Revolutionary War service; re: his son Phil[emon] in the Naval service.
Letters - Major J. Gibbons, Richmond, to Commodore James Barron, Navy Yard, Philadelphia and Washington, 1834 January-December
4 letters. Autograph letters signed. Correspondence concerning bounty for Revolutionary War service.
Letters - James Barron, Washington, to the Secretary of the Navy, 1834 February 3, 1834 February 6
2 letters. Autograph draft signed. Re: filtering machine invented by Barron.
Letters - John Rodgers, Navy Commissioners Office, to Levi Woodbury, Secretary of the Navy, 1834 February 4, 1834 February 25
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2 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: filtering machine invented by James Barron and submitted to the Navy.
Letters - Levi Woodbury, Secretary of the Navy, to Comdre. James Barron, Washington, D.C., 1834 February 5, 1834 February 27
2 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: filtering machine submitted to the Navy.
Recommendation - Ed[ward] Byrne, Lt. U.S. Navy, Philadelphia, to Como. James Barron, U.S. Navy, 1834 February 12
2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Recommendation for the ship's ventilator invented by Barron.
Letter - H.S. Crabb, U.S. Navy Yard, Philadelphia, to Como. James Barron, U.S. Navy, Washington, 1834 February 14
2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: completion of his pump before a committee on inventions.
Complaint - Ch. A. Grice, Portsmouth, Virginia, to Commodore James Barron, U.S. Navy, Washington, D.C., 1834 February 14
2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Complaint regarding the rating that the Navy gives to Master Workmen in its yards.
Letter - James Barron, Washington, to Levi Woodbury, Secretary of the Navy, Washington, 1834 February 25
Autograph draft signed. Re: a new edition of the book on naval flag signals, the first book having been prepared by Barron. Also second copy of the same.
Letters - John D. Craig, Patent Office, to Commodore James Barron, Wash[ington] and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1834 February-June
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3 letters. Autograph letters signed. Correspondence regarding patents on a ship ventilator and "cast iron blocks" [for making shells].
Letters - Ro. Pollard, Ayletts, King William Co., Virginia, to Commodore James Barron, Philadelphia, 1834 March 28
3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Recollection of meeting Barron at an oyster supper given by Col. Bassett in Williamsburg during the visit of Gen'l Lafayette in 1824; enquiry concerning Byrd Chamberlayne's service in the Revolutionary War.
Letters - Amos Kendall, Washington, to Com. James Barron, Philadelphia, 1834 March-October
6 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: a steam powered ship invented by Kendall about which there is a patent controversy with Dr. Planton (Platon).
Letter - James Barron, U.S. Navy Yard, Philad[elphia], to Joel R. Poinsett, Charleston, S.C., 1834 April 18
1 page. Autograph draft signed. Re: floating dry dock and new type pump invented by Barron.
Letter - Capt. E.P. Kennedy, Warrenton, Virginia, to Comdre. James Barron, Navy, Philadelphia, 1834 April 24
3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: new Navy regulations and back pay for self and Barron.
Letters - J.D. Elliott, Norfolk and Boston, to Como. James Barron, U.S. Navy, Philadelphia and New York, 1834 May-July
4 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: Barron's actions during the War of 1812 and continuing controversy which concerned Elliott's part in the Barron-Decatur duel.
Letters - Thomas Green, Richmond, to Commodore James Barron, Philadelphia, 1834 June
2 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: Revolutionary War bounties for services of Barron, his father, and Godfrey Ragsdale.
Letter - W. Grayson, Washington, to Com. James Barron, Philadelphia, 1834 June 4
1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: pump invented by Barron.
Request - Mrs. Anne L. Glenn, Norfolk, to Commodore James Barron, Navy, 1834 June 19
1 page. Autograph letter signed. Requests support for her son who is seeking an appointment to West Point.
Letter - William Gatewood, Baltimore, to Commodore James Barron, U.S. Navy, Philadelphia, 1834 June 18
12 pages. Autograph letter signed.