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Box 11

 Container

Contains 107 Results:

James Barron, Norfolk to [? ], 1846 July

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 75
Identifier: id181647
Scope and Contents

Autograph draft signed. Re: a claim for his father's "commutation pay and land bounty."

Dates: 1846 July
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 11

Geo. S. Blake, Phila., to [Commo. James Barron], 1847 July 15

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 76
Identifier: id181651
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed. Family letter from the son-in-law of Barron.

Dates: 1847 July 15
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 11

G.P. Upshur, Commander and Superintendent of Naval School, Annapolis, to Commo. Jas. Barron, Norfolk, Virginia, 1847 July 17

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 77
Identifier: id181656
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed. Enquiry concerning past practice in examining Midshipmen (Barron did this when he was in charge of the Naval Asylum in Philadelphia) in connection with the establishment of the Naval Academy.

Dates: 1847 July 17
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 11

Advertisement for the Virginia State Lottery "for endowing Leesburg Academy and other purposes,", 1847

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 78
Identifier: id181660
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed.

Dates: 1847
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 11

R.J. Cleveland, to James Barron, Norfolk, Virginia, [1847]

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 79
Identifier: id181663
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed. Incomplete. Incomplete.

Dates: [1847]
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 11

Charles [?] Barton, Lt. USN, to Commo. Barron, 1848 February 7

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 80
Identifier: id182872
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed. Note accompanying 2 sketches (not enclosed).

Dates: 1848 February 7
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 11

One letter and two replies, 1848 April 11-16

 File — Box: 11, Folder: 81
Identifier: id182873
Scope and Contents

3 items. 11-16 April 1848. Robt. W. Land, Phila., to Capt. Blake, U.S. Navy, Walnut St., [Phila.]. ALS,R. Offering a place near Germantown for sale.

Dates: 1848 April 11-16
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 11

Robt. W. Land, Phila., to Capt. Blake, U.S. Navy, Walnut St., [Phila.], 1848 April 11-16

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 81
Identifier: id182874
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed,R. Offering a place near Germantown for sale.

Dates: 1848 April 11-16
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 11

Reply by Blake sent to his father-in-law, [Commo. Barron], 1848 April 12

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 81
Identifier: id182877
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Correspondence and papers of Commodore James Barron relating to his career in the United States Navy, and especially relating to The Chesapeake-Leopard Affair in 1807 and to his duel with Stephen Decatur. Collection includes photocopies of patents issued to Barron for his inventions and a typescript of William Oliver Stevens' An Affair of Honor, a biography of Barron. Correspondents include John Adams, Jesse Duncan Elliott, Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, Amos Kendall, Duff Green and Abel...
Dates: 1848 April 12
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 11

Draft reply [by Barron], 1848 April 11-16

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 81
Identifier: id182879
Scope and Contents

He has no desire to buy a place in Germantown.

Dates: 1848 April 11-16
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 11

James Barron Hope, Williamsburg, to his grandfather, [Commo James Barron], 1848 June 8

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 82
Identifier: id182880
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed. Re: his collegiate activities and expenses at [the College of William and Mary].

Dates: 1848 June 8
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 11

Miriam Etting, Phila., to Commo. James Barron, 1848 July 27

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 83
Identifier: id182883
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed. Appreciation for a letter of sympathy.

Dates: 1848 July 27
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 11

P.H. Eaton, Washington, to Commo. Jas. Barron, Norfolk, Virginia, 1848 October 14

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 84
Identifier: id182885
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed. Re: seniority of Barron in the Navy, having been made Captain in May 1799.

Dates: 1848 October 14
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 11

Redwood Fisher, Phila., to Commo. James Barron, Norfolk, Virginia, 1849 July 4

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 85
Identifier: id182887
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed. Marked "Private and Confidential." Personal matters.

Dates: 1849 July 4
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 11

James [Barron Hope] to his mother, Mrs. Jane A. Hope, Hampton, Virginia, 1849 October 24

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 86
Identifier: id182890
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed. Written while visiting "Papa" (his grandfather, Commo. James Barron).

Dates: 1849 October 24
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 11

James Lyons, Richmond, to Commo. Barron, Norfolk, 1849 November 5

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 87
Identifier: id182893
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed. Re: Barron's claim.

Dates: 1849 November 5
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 11

James Barron, Norfolk, Virginia [M.M. Noah], 1850 January 9

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 88
Identifier: id182895
Scope and Contents

2 copies. Autograph draft signed. Letter to a newspaper concerning an article which concerned his stay in Denmark during the War of 1812.

Dates: 1850 January 9
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 11

R.J. Cleveland, Burlington, [Vermont], to James Barron, Norfolk, Virginia, 1850 January 21

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 89
Identifier: id182898
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed. Family and personal affairs; and concerning preservation of the Union under General Taylor.

Dates: 1850 January 21
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 11

R.J. Cleveland, Burlington, [Vermont], to James Barron, 1850 February 1

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 90
Identifier: id184570
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed. A long discussion of the danger of the Southern threat for the dissolution of the Union and the determination of the Northerners to preserve it; and concerning the freeing of the slaves in the District of Columbia by constitutional means.

Dates: 1850 February 1
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 11

Charles H. Morse, Boston, to James Barron, 1850 February 1

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 91
Identifier: id184574
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed. A request for his autograph.

Dates: 1850 February 1
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 11

John P. Duvall, Tallahassee, Florida, to "the heirs of Commo. James and Lieut. William Barron, Virginia State Navy, War of Revolution, Norfolk, Virginia,", 1850 February 21

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 92
Identifier: id184577
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed, Card. Armouring that he has documents establishing the war claims of these men and will furnish them for "one fourth of the recovery."

Dates: 1850 February 21
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 11

Antonia Dosier, New York, to Commo. James Barron and reply, 1850 June 2

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 93
Identifier: id184579
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed,R. A servant of madam magino writes to Barron thanking him for his kindness to her years before at the Gosport Navy Yard. Reply [from J.B.] in a very shaky hand.

Dates: 1850 June 2
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 11

A printed letter of tribute to the late Pres. Zachary Taylor, 1850 July 17

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 94
Identifier: id184582
Scope and Contents

Printed autograph letter, Card. Inviting Commo. James Barron to join the procession in tribute in Norfolk.

Dates: 1850 July 17
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 11

S. V[irginia], P[endergrast], near Louisville, Kentucky, to her father, [Commo. James Barron], 1850 September 15

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 95
Identifier: id184584
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed. A family letter.

Dates: 1850 September 15
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 11

John p. Watson, Phila, to Commo. James Barron, Norfolk, Virginia, 1851 April 5

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 96
Identifier: id184587
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed. Report that Capt. Sam. Barron has sailed for Africa with his son as Secretary and Clerk; and concerning his own children, one of whom is in business in San Francisco.

Dates: 1851 April 5
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 11