Resources in Naval History

Author:	Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857	Requires cookie*
Title:	Elisha Kent Kane Papers
Dates:	1810-1953
Abstract:	The diverse Kane Papers include the arctic explorer's correspondence, sketches of arctic and other scenes (there are many sketches scattered throughout the numerous bound volumes), notebooks of polar exploration, journals of trips to North Carolina, the Philippines, Africa, the Near East, Egypt, Mexico, logbooks, etc. The logbooks are catalogued separately and can be viewed at: Kane Logbooks (Mss.B.K132a). The Kane papers also include printed materials which may be of interest to naval historians. Printed sources include: The diverse Kane Papers include the arctic explorer's correspondence, sketches of arctic and other scenes (there are many sketches scattered throughout the numerous bound volumes), notebooks of polar exploration, journals of trips to North Carolina, the Philippines, Africa, the Near East, Egypt, Mexico, logbooks, etc. The logbooks are catalogued separately and can be viewed at: Kane Logbooks (Mss.B.K132a). The Kane papers also include printed materials which may be of interest to naval historians. Printed sources include: View finding aid for a full description
Call #:	Mss.B.K132
Extent:	6.75 Linear Feet
Subjects:	Abolition, emancipation, freedom \| Africa \| Africa -- Description and travel \| Americans Abroad \| Arctic Indians \| Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration \| Arctic regions-Pictorial works \| Asia Minor -- Description and travel \| Bills. \| Blockley Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.) \| China -- Foreign relations -- United States \| Colonization, repatriation \| Cracroft, Sophia, 1816-1892 \| Egypt -- Description and travel \| Engravings. \| Exploration \| Exploration. \| Explorers -- United States \| Family Correspondence \| Fox, Margaret, 1833-1893 \| Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847 \| General Correspondence \| Geometry -- Study and teaching \| Grinnell Expedition, 1st, 1850-1851 \| Grinnell Expedition, 2d, 1853-1855 \| Grinnell, Henry, 1799-1874 \| Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 \| Hospitals -- Pennsylvania \| Indians of North America -- Nunavut \| International Travel \| Inuit -- Canada \| Inuit -- Greenland \| Inuit -- Nunavut -- Baffin Island \| Journals (notebooks) \| Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857 \| Kane, Jane Duval Leiper \| Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795- \| Lectures \| Letterbooks \| Liberia -- Description and travel \| Logbooks \| Maps. \| Marriage and Family Life \| Medicine -- Practice -- Pennsylvania \| Medicine -- Study and teaching -- Pennsylvania \| Meteorology -- Arctic Regions \| Mexico -- Description and travel \| Mineralogy -- Study and teaching \| North Carolina -- Description and travel \| Northwest Passage \| Notebooks \| Obstetrics \| Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Hospitals \| Philadelphia. General Hospital \| Plantations \| Receipts \| Silhouettes \| Sketches. \| Slave trade -- Africa \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade \| Social Life and Custom \| Travel Narratives and Journals \| United States -- Foreign relations -- China \| United States. Navy \| Watercolors

Author:	LeConte, John L. (John Lawrence), 1825-1883	Requires cookie*
Title:	John L. (John Lawrence) LeConte papers, 1812-1897
Dates:	1812-1897
Abstract:	The LeConte Papers contain several items which may be of interest to naval historians: View finding aid for a full description
Call #:	Mss.B.L493
Extent:	7.7 Linear Feet
Subjects:	Audubon, Victor Gifford (1809-1860) \| Bache, A.D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 \| Barnard, Frederick A. P. -- (Freder \| Education \| Educational Material \| Entomology -- Europe. \| Entomology -- United States. \| Exploration. \| Family Correspondence \| General Correspondence \| Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893 \| Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 -- Correspondence \| Hospitals -- United States -- Civil War, 1861-1865. \| Insects. \| LeConte family. \| LeConte, John L. (John Lawrence), 1825-1883 \| Mason, Otis Tufton, 1838-1908 \| Medicine \| Medicine -- United States -- History -- 19th century. \| Melsheimer, Frederick Valentine, 1749-1814 \| Miscellaneous \| Natural history -- United States. \| Notebooks \| Osten-Sachen, Carl Robert, -- freih \| Science and technology \| Scientific Data \| Sketchbooks \| Ulke, Henry, 1821-1910 \| United States. -- Army. \| United States. -- Army. -- Corps of Topographical Engineers.

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Title:	Robert M. (Robert Maskell) Patterson papers, 1775-1853
Dates:	1775-1853
Abstract:	The Patterson Papers contain at least two letters with references to Oliver Hazard Perry: View finding aid for a full description
Call #:	Mss.B.P274
Extent:	0.5 Linear Feet
Subjects:	Adams, John, 1735-1826 \| Algebra. \| Americans Abroad \| Annuities. \| Astronomy. \| Bache, A.D., (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 \| Canals. \| Clocks and watches. \| Coal. \| Early National Politics \| Education \| Educational Material \| Electricity. \| Freeman, Thomas,d. 1821. \| General Correspondence \| Gummere, John, 1784-1845 \| Hassler, F. R, (Ferdinand Rudolph), 1770-1843 \| Institutional Records \| Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 \| Lectures. \| Magnetism. \| Mathematics. \| Meteorology -- Observations. \| Military History \| Native America \| Navigation (Astronautics) \| Notebooks \| Optics. \| Pemberton, Phineas \| Physics. \| Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869 \| Political Correspondence \| Quarries and quarrying -- Pennsylvania. \| Science and technology \| Sergeant, John, 1779-1852 \| Sound. \| Time clocks. \| Travel Narratives and Journals \| U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. \| United States Mint. \| University of Pennsylvania. \| University of Virginia. \| War of 1812

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