Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Contents | Arrangement
Collection Summary
| Title | Charles Wilkes papers, 1607-1959 |
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| Span Dates | 1607-1959 |
| Bulk Dates | (bulk 1841-1865) |
| ID No. | MSS45716 |
| Creator | Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877 |
| Size | 6,500 items ; 45 containers plus 2 oversize plus 1 vault ; 18 linear feet ; 26 microfilm reels |
| Language | Collection material in English |
| Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
| Summary | Naval officer and explorer. Official and family correspondence, journals and diaries, legal and financial papers, autobiography and other writings, and scientific notebooks relating to Wilkes's command of an expedition (1838-1842) to the Antarctic, Hawaii and various other Pacific islands, and the northwest coast of the United States; his capture of J. M. Mason and John Slidell in the Trent affair (1861); and his command of the James River Flotilla and West India Squadron during the Civil War. Includes legal and business papers of the Wilkes family in England. |
| Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms002005 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Online Catalog record for this collection: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm75045716 |