Description: Lehman P. Ashmead journals

Lehman P. Ashmead journals

This collection contains journals of Lehman P. Ashmead, a midshipman with the United States Navy from 1841 to 1845, of a cruise on the U.S. Frigate Congress commanded by Captain Philip F. Vorhees from Portsmouth, N.H., to the Mediterranean and from Brazil to Norfolk, Va.; lists of vessels of the Uni...

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Main Author:	Ashmead, Lehman P. (Creator)
Collection:	Lehman P. Ashmead Journals
Collection Number:	Am.6886
Format:	Manuscript
Language:	English
Subjects:	United States Navy > 19th century

Physical Description:	0.15 Linear feet 0.15 linear feet, 2 volumes
Summary:	This collection contains journals of Lehman P. Ashmead, a midshipman with the United States Navy from 1841 to 1845, of a cruise on the U.S. Frigate Congress commanded by Captain Philip F. Vorhees from Portsmouth, N.H., to the Mediterranean and from Brazil to Norfolk, Va.; lists of vessels of the United States Navy, notes on naval flag signals and storage and equipment of the Congress, and a selection of poetry and songs.

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0.15 Linear feet 0.15 linear feet, 2 volumes

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This collection contains journals of Lehman P. Ashmead, a midshipman with the United States Navy from 1841 to 1845, of a cruise on the U.S. Frigate Congress commanded by Captain Philip F. Vorhees from Portsmouth, N.H., to the Mediterranean and from Brazil to Norfolk, Va.; lists of vessels of the United States Navy, notes on naval flag signals and storage and equipment of the Congress, and a selection of poetry and songs.

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