Seamen
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Hillard Family Papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1168
Abstract:
Correspondence, journals, and legal and financial papers of the Hillard family of Preston, Connecticut. Moses Hillard, 1780-1837, a sailor, ship's captain, farmer, and tax collector, and his son, Elias Brewster Hillard, 1825-1895, a minister, are represented in the papers.
Dates:
1799-1855
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Hillard Family Papers
Samuel Lockwood papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 726
Abstract:
Correspondence, letterbooks, orders, journals, commissions, log extracts, mess receipts, handbook of naval rules and regulations, and other papers of Commodore Samuel Lockwood of the U.S. Navy. The papers relate principally to Lockwood's service in the War with Mexico, his command of the sloop Cyane in the Pacific Squadron, 1858-1860, and his command of the steamer Daylight as part of the Union blockade of the Confederate coast. Correspondents include...
Dates:
1822-1885
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Samuel Lockwood papers
Charles Griswold Gurley Merrill papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1326
Abstract:
The papers consist of diaries, letters, and miscellanea documenting Charles Griswold Gurley Merrill's voyages as a seaman on the ship Merrimac and experiences as a Union army surgeon, including command of black troops, during the Civil War. Also included is an essay describing the papers, written by one of Merrill's descendants.
Dates:
1854-1872