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Box 10

 Container

Contains 99 Results:

Letter - Lawrence Myers, Philad[elphi]a, to Comdr. James Barron, Norfolk, Virginia, 1838 January 27

 Item — Box: 10, Folder: 75
Identifier: id178688
Scope and Contents

2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: stoves left by Barron.

Dates: 1838 January 27
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 10

Letters - Lt. S.W. Godon, Philadelphia and New York, to Commodore James Barron, U.S. Navy, Norfolk, Virginia, 1838 February-March

 Item — Box: 10, Folder: 76
Identifier: id178690
Scope and Contents

2 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: the pump invented by Barron.

Dates: 1838 February-March
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 10

Letter - A. B. Pinkham, Portsmouth, to Com. James Barron, 1838 March 21

 Item — Box: 10, Folder: 77
Identifier: id181004
Scope and Contents

1 page. Autograph letter signed. Introducing Capt. Von Shanter of the Russian Imperial Navy.

Dates: 1838 March 21
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 10

Letter - James Ferguson, Philadelphia Navy Yard, to Commodore James Barron, 1838 April 2

 Item — Box: 10, Folder: 78
Identifier: id181007
Scope and Contents

4 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the conditions of (sailing) Masters in the Navy and a memorial on the subject which was before Congress.

Dates: 1838 April 2
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 10

Letter - Henry A. Wise, Washington, to Comm. James Barron, Norfolk, Virginia, 1838 April 2

 Item — Box: 10, Folder: 79
Identifier: id181014
Scope and Contents

1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: "my connexion [sic] with that unhappy duel."

Dates: 1838 April 2
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 10

John L. and Lavinia Watson, Germantown, [Pennsylvania], to Commodore James Barron, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1838 April 9

 Item — Box: 10, Folder: 80
Identifier: id181021
Scope and Contents

3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the Polar Expedition and regret at Barron's leaving Philadelphia.

Dates: 1838 April 9
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 10

Letter - Mrs. J[ane Barron] Hope, Hampton, Virginia, to her sister, Mrs. Virginia S.V. Pendergrast, Washington City, 1838 June 1

 Item — Box: 10, Folder: 81
Identifier: id181030
Scope and Contents

3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Family affairs, with greetings to her father, James Barron.

Dates: 1838 June 1
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 10

Letter - H.S. Crabbe, U.S. Navy Yard, Philad[elphi]a, to Commodore James Barron, U.S. Navy, Washington, D.C., 1838 June 8

 Item — Box: 10, Folder: 82
Identifier: id181039
Scope and Contents

2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the gun carriage and steam vessels.

Dates: 1838 June 8
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 10

Account - of Como. James Barron with Thomas Purcell, Washington, 1838 June 29

 Item — Box: 10, Folder: 83
Identifier: id181047
Scope and Contents

1 page. Autograph letter signed.

Dates: 1838 June 29
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 10

Letters - T. Gatewood, Norfolk, to Commodore James Barron, U.S. Navy, Washington, 1838 June-August

 Item — Box: 10, Folder: 84
Identifier: id181053
Scope and Contents

2 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: family and Norfolk affairs.

Dates: 1838 June-August
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 10

Report - J.D. Elliott, U.S.S. Constitution, Ham[pton] Roads, Norfolk, to J.A. Pauling, [Secretary of the Navy], 1838 July 31

 Item — Box: 10, Folder: 85
Identifier: id181062
Scope and Contents

4 pages. Autograph letter signed. A report at the end of a cruise of three years and six months.

Dates: 1838 July 31
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 10

Letter - Lt. and Mrs. S.G. Pendergast, Charleston, Massachuetts, to her father, Commodore James Barron, U.S. Navy, Washington City, 1838 September 25

 Item — Box: 10, Folder: 86
Identifier: id181067
Scope and Contents

3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Family affairs.

Dates: 1838 September 25
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 10

Complaints - J.D. Elliott, U.S.S. Constitution and Carlisle, [Pennsylvania], to Como. James Barron, U.S. Navy, Washington, 1838 September-November

 Item — Box: 10, Folder: 87
Identifier: id181072
Scope and Contents

3 letters. Autograph letters signed. Complaining against continued slander in the newspapers.

Dates: 1838 September-November
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 10

Letter - Frederick Vincent, Norfolk, to Commodore James Barron, U.S. Navy, Washington City, 1838 October 26

 Item — Box: 10, Folder: 88
Identifier: id181078
Scope and Contents

2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the services of Barron's father in the Revolutionary War.

Dates: 1838 October 26
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 10

Letter - J.K. Paulding, Navy Department, to Comde. Jesse D. Elliott, U.S. Navy, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1838 November 15

 Item — Box: 10, Folder: 89
Identifier: id181086
Scope and Contents

1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: the importing of Jack Asses by the Commanders of Squadrons.

Dates: 1838 November 15
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 10

Application - Capt. William Gatewood, New York, to Com. James Barron, U.S. Navy, 1838 November 20

 Item — Box: 10, Folder: 90
Identifier: id181092
Scope and Contents

1 page. Autograph letter signed. Applying for the position of chief clerk for Barron when he becomes President of the Navy Board. Enclosed: newspaper clipping announcing the rumor that Barron is to be appointed President of the Navy Board.

Dates: 1838 November 20
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 10

Letter - [J.D. Elliott], Carlisle, [Pennsylvania], to J.K. Paulding, [Secretary of the Navy], 1838 November 27

 Item — Box: 10, Folder: 91
Identifier: id181105
Scope and Contents

2 pages. Autograph draft. Explanation for the importation of "Jack Asses and other animals." Enclosure: "Extract from Hon. Sam'l L. Southard," signed Dan[ie]l F. Patten. Re: animals, seeds, and plants.

Dates: 1838 November 27
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 10

Report - Jno. P. Gillis, U.S. Ship North Carolina, Callao, to Commo. James Barron, U.S. Navy, Norfolk, Virginia, 1838 November 28

 Item — Box: 10, Folder: 92
Identifier: id181185
Scope and Contents

3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Report on the political situation in South America.

Dates: 1838 November 28
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 10

Complaint - J.D. Elliott, Carlisle, [Pennsylvania], to Com. James Barron, U.S. Navy, Washington, 1838 December 1

 Item — Box: 10, Folder: 93
Identifier: id181190
Scope and Contents

3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Complaints about the Navy Board.

Dates: 1838 December 1
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 10

Letters - J.D. Elliott, Carlisle, [Pennsylvania], to Com. James Barron, Washington, D.C. and Germantown, [Pennsylvania], 1839 January-December

 Item — Box: 10, Folder: 94
Identifier: id181195
Scope and Contents

6 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: troubles that Elliott had experienced on his last cruise with his officers and Marines; of the conflict that he was having with Mr. Paulding, Secretary of the Navy; and of rumors of arrangements for the trial of Elliott.

Dates: 1839 January-December
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 10

Statement - James Barron, Washington, 1839 February 3

 Item — Box: 10, Folder: 95
Identifier: id181201
Scope and Contents

2 pages. Autograph draft signed. A statement regarding his claims on the Navy.

Dates: 1839 February 3
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 10

Letter - T. Gatewood, Norfolk, to Commodore James Barron, Washington, D.C., 1839 February 7

 Item — Box: 10, Folder: 96
Identifier: id181210
Scope and Contents

2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the death of his son, Philemon.

Dates: 1839 February 7
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 10

Complaints - William Gatewood, New York, to Commodore James Barron, U.S. Navy, Washington City, 1839 March

 Item — Box: 10, Folder: 97
Identifier: id181215
Scope and Contents

2 letters. Autograph letters signed. Complaints about his treatment by the Navy; and valuable information on the " Portia," the commercial ship captained by Barron which was held in Copenhagen by the outbreak of the War of 1812.

Dates: 1839 March
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 10

Letter - Edward Dyem, Washington City, "To All Whom it May Concern,", 1839 July 27

 Item — Box: 10, Folder: 98
Identifier: id181224
Scope and Contents

1 page. Autograph letter signed. A note sent with "Judy, a colored woman," who is proceeding to Germantown, [Pennsylvania], where she is to be the servant of Commodore James Barron and family.

Dates: 1839 July 27
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 10