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[Letter] 1779 November 11, on board the Bon homme Richard's Prize the late British Ship of War Serapis, Texel [to] M. J. Luzac, Avocat à Leide / Jno P Jones
Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792 -- Correspondence; Bon Homme Richard (Ship); Flamborough Head, Battle of, 1779; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Naval operations; Serapis (Frigate); Luzac, J.
John Paul Jones - Two Letters

Correspondence, 1843: Mackenzie, Alexander Slidell, 1803-1848 [Letter] 1843 January 11, U.S. Brig Somers, New York [to William Popham, New York]
Somers (Brig : 1842-1846); Somers Mutiny, 1842; Mackenzie, Alexander Slidell, 1803-1848; Popham, William, 1752-1847
U.S. Brig Somers, New York Jan 11, 1843 My dear Sir, In taking up my pen to reply to your valuable and most welcome letter of the 3 instant I have little hope of expressing to you a tithe of the gratification which I have derived myself, and a...
The Somers Affair

Box 1, Folder 07: Correspondence - Pension, February 17, 1886 - October 17, 1911
United States. Navy. Pay, allowances, etc; Nestell, Daniel D. T., d. 1900;
Includes Accrued Pension Notices and a Declaration for Original Invalid Pension form.
The Civil War - Daniel D. T. Nestell Papers

The cruise of the Somers : illustrative of the despotism of the quarter deck : and of the unmanly conduct of Commander Mackenzie
Somers (Brig : 1842-1846); Somers Mutiny, 1842; Mackenzie, Alexander Slidell, 1803-1848
THE CRUISE OF THE SOMERS: ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE DESPOTISM OF THE QUARTERDECK AND OF THE UNMANLY CONDUCT OF COMMANDER MACKENZIE "Difficulty is a bugbear to children, a stimulus to men." New York: J. WINCHESTER, NEW WORLD PRESS, 30 ANN ST. W.B...
The Somers Affair

[Letter] 1787 July 22, Philadelphia [to] Chevr. J. P. Jones / Go: Washington
Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Correspondence; Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834; Rochambeau, Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de, 1725-1807; Chastellux, François Jean, marquis de, 1734-1788;...
John Paul Jones - Two Letters

Eugene Edward Wilson Papers, 1854-1947
Wilson, Eugene Edward, 1887-1974; Wilson, Gevenieve; Westervelt, George Conrad, 1879-; United States.Navy -- Aviation; Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics; Air power -- United States; Aircraft industry -- United States --...
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Correspondence, 1843: Hoffman, Stephen B. [Letter] 1843 January 23 [to] Major William Popham [New York]
Somers (Brig : 1842-1846); Somers Mutiny, 1842; Mackenzie, Alexander Slidell, 1803-1848; Popham, William, 1752-1847
My very dear Sir I have carefully perused your letter to Commander Mackenzie, and am much gratified to find that in your mature judgment he has so able an advocate and support; and I sincerely hope that his conduct in that sad Tragedy (painful as...
The Somers Affair

Box 1, Folder 11: News Clippings - Confederate Captivity, February 29, 1864 and undated
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Prisoners of War -- United States; Nestell, Daniel D. T., d. 1900; Sabine Pass, Battle of, Tex., 1863;
Includes a narrative by Nestell of the naval action at Sabine Pass and his subsequent captivity as a prisoner of war [POW].
The Civil War - Daniel D. T. Nestell Papers