Research Catalog

Title

Aaron Ward Weaver papers, 1851-1887.

Author

Weaver, Aaron Ward, 1832-1919.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bell, H. H.
• Dahlgren, Charles Gustavus, 1808-1888.
• Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870.
• Porter, Fitz-John, 1822-1901.

Description

.21 linear foot (1 box)

Summary

Aaron Ward Weaver was a Commander in the United States Navy. These papers date from 1851 to 1887 and include orders and letters to him from Farragut, Dahlgren, Porter, and others; an order to command the captured slave ship Ardennes; an order (October 23, 1862) from Commodore H. H. Bell for blockade of Mobile Bay; a letter (March 6, 1883) from the U. S. Consulate General in Rio de Janeiro giving brief statistics of death and disease in 1883; Weaver's record at the United States Naval Academy; and other materials.

Subjects

• United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865
• United States > Navy > Officers
• Mortality > Brazil > Statistics > 19th century
• United States Naval Academy Students
• Mobile Bay (Ala.) > History > 19th century
• Orders (military records)
• Slave trade > Atlantic Ocean Region
• United States > Consulate (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) > 19th century
• Ardennes (Ship)
• Diseases > Reporting > Brazil > 19th century

Genre/Form

Orders (military records)

Access (note)

• Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Call Number

MssCol 3247

OCLC

794690513

Author

Weaver, Aaron Ward, 1832-1919.

Title

Aaron Ward Weaver papers, 1851-1887.

Restricted Access

Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Added Author

Bell, H. H.

Dahlgren, Charles Gustavus, 1808-1888.

Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870.

Porter, Fitz-John, 1822-1901.

Research Call Number

MssCol 3247