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1 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) Schoonmaker, Cornelius Marius, 1839-1889.

  1. Cornelius Marius Schoonmaker papers, 1833-1931

    1,400 items. 4 containers. 1.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Naval officer. Correspondence, letterbook, order book, printed matter, scrapbooks, and unpublished biography detailing Schoonmaker’s naval career. Of particular interest are Schoonmaker’s letters regarding China and the Far East, accounts of the battle of Mobile Bay, and details of his death in Samoa.