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John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren papers, 1794-1889

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BOX 1-7 General Correspondence, 1824-1889
Letters received and copies of letters sent.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 1 1824-1849
(25 folders)
BOX 2 1850-1855
(7 folders)
BOX 3 1856-1858, June
(4 folders)
BOX 4 1858, July-1861, Aug.
(6 folders)
BOX 5 1861, Sept.-1863, July
(7 folders)
BOX 6 1863, Aug.-1867
(5 folders)
BOX 7 1868-1889, undated
(9 folders)
BOX 8-18 Letterbooks, 1859-1870
Primarily copies of letters sent.
Organized alphabetically by type of file or subject and therein chronologically.
BOX 8 Chronological file
BOX 8 1863, June-Nov.
(4 vols.)
BOX 9 1863, Nov.-1864, Apr.
(3 vols.)
BOX 10 1864, Apr.-June
(2 vols.)
BOX 11 1864, June-Sept.
(2 vols.)
BOX 12 1864, Sept.-Dec.
(3 vols.)
BOX 13 1864, Dec.-1865, Mar.
(3 vols.)
BOX 14 1865, Mar.-June
(2 vols.)
BOX 14 Dahlgren, Ulric (1842-1864) (son), 1859, Mar.-1864, Feb. See Oversize
BOX 15 Extracts from consular dispatches, 1864, Mar.-1867, Jan.
BOX 15 Ironclad reports, 1863, July-1864, Feb.
(2 vols.)
BOX 15 Letters and general orders, 1866, Sept.-1867, Mar.
BOX 15 Miscellaneous correspondence, 1864, Dec.-1870, July
(3 vols.)
BOX 16 Naval correspondence
BOX 16 1863, June-1864, Aug.
(4 vols.)
BOX 17 1864, Aug.-1865, June
(3 vols.)
BOX 18 South Pacific Squadron, 1866, Sept.-1868, Apr.
BOX 19-30 Naval Ordnance Records, 1826-1870
Reports, memoranda, notes and calculations.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 19 1826-1848
(2 folders)
BOX 20 1849-1851
(5 folders)
BOX 21 1852-1854
(5 folders)
BOX 22 1855-1856
(3 folders)
BOX 23 1856-1857
(3 folders)
BOX 24 1858-1860
(5 folders)
BOX 25 1860-1861
(4 folders)
BOX 26 1862-1864
(4 folders)
BOX 27 1865-1866
(3 folders)
BOX 28 1867-1870, undated
(5 folders)
BOX 29 Undated
(3 folders)
BOX 30 (3 folders)
BOX 31-38 Miscellany, 1794-1889
Journals, notebooks, logbooks, orders, reports, charts, designs, drawings, scrapbooks, clippings, receipts, and printed matter.
Arranged alphabetically by topic or type of material.
BOX 31 Admiral's logs, 1863-1865, undated
(6 vols.)
BOX 32 Charts, designs, and drawings, 1846-1868, undated See also Oversize
(3 folders)
BOX 33 Clippings, 1834, 1854-1870, undated
BOX 33 Journals
BOX 33 Dahlgren, John Adolphus Bernard, 1826-1828, 1847, 1861
(2 folders)
BOX 33 Dahlgren, Ulric, 1863-1864
BOX 34 Navy registers, 1826-1834, 1865-1869
BOX 34 Notebooks, 1865-1867, undated
BOX 34 Notes on seamanship, celestial navigation, and government, 1826-1833
(2 folders)
BOX 34 Orders, 1844, 1864-1868
(3 vols.)
BOX 35 Printed matter
BOX 35 1820-1889, undated
(2 folders)
BOX 36 (1 folder)
BOX 36 Prizes taken, 1863-1865
(2 vols.)
BOX 36 Range practice and other ordnance reports
BOX 36 1848-1849
(1 vol.)
BOX 37 (1 vol.)
BOX 37 1857-1858
BOX 37 Receipts, 1830s-1850s
BOX 37 Register of documents received and forwarded, 1865-1868
BOX 37 Scrapbooks
BOX 37 Dahlgren, John Adolphus Bernard, 1863-1870
BOX 38 Dahlgren, Ulric, 1861-1865
BOX 38 Staff logs, 1863-1864
(3 vols.)
BOX 38 Unidentified fragments, 1794, 1863, undated
BOX OV 1-OV 3 Oversize, 1846-1868
Letterbook, letter, charts, designs, and drawings.
Arranged and described according to the series, containers, and folders from which they were removed.
BOX OV 1 Letterbooks
BOX OV 1 Dahlgren, Ulric
BOX OV 1 Letter, lithograph, 1864 (Container 14)
BOX OV 2 Volume, 1859, Mar.-1864, Feb. (Container 14)
BOX OV 3 Miscellany
BOX OV 3 Charts, designs, and drawings, 1846-1868, undated (Container 33)

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