Forty-four personal and professional letters to George Foster Emmons, from friends, family, and the Navy Department. Many of his correspondents are colleagues from the Navy and carry news of their activities. Many letters refer to George Foster Emmons' son George Thornton Emmons, who was at the time attending the Navy Academy. Included are orders from the Navy Department, and letters from friends discussing the Navy's mandatory retirement age of 62. Principal correspondents include John J. Almy, Augustus Ludlow Case, and C.R.P. Rodgers.
Description:
George Foster Emmons, naval officer, commissioned Commodore in 1868, was then assigned to the Hydrographic Office in Washington and commandant of the Philadelphia Navy Yard. He retired in 1873. His son, George Thornton Emmons, attended the Naval Academy.
Subject (Name):
Case, Augustus Ludlow, 1813-1893, Emmons, George F. (George Foster), 1811-1884, Emmons, George Thornton, Rodgers, C. R. P. (Christopher Raymond Perry), 1819-1892, and United States. Navy--Appointments and retirements
Forty-four personal and professional letters to George Foster Emmons, from friends, family, and the Navy Department. Many of his correspondents are colleagues from the Navy and carry news of their activities. Many letters refer to George Foster Emmons' son George Thornton Emmons, who was at the time attending the Navy Academy. Included are orders from the Navy Department, and letters from friends discussing the Navy's mandatory retirement age of 62. Principal correspondents include John J. Almy, Augustus Ludlow Case, and C.R.P. Rodgers.
Description:
George Foster Emmons, naval officer, commissioned Commodore in 1868, was then assigned to the Hydrographic Office in Washington and commandant of the Philadelphia Navy Yard. He retired in 1873. His son, George Thornton Emmons, attended the Naval Academy.
Subject (Name):
Case, Augustus Ludlow, 1813-1893, Emmons, George F. (George Foster), 1811-1884, Emmons, George Thornton, Rodgers, C. R. P. (Christopher Raymond Perry), 1819-1892, and United States. Navy--Appointments and retirements
[Notes on Jeremiah Markland (1693-1776)], 1810 and later
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1
Abstract:
In an interleaved copy of the life of Jeremiah Markland, extracted from the Biographical and Literary Anecdotes of William Bowyer by John Nichols (1745-1826).
Description:
Inscription at foot: To James Markland Esq. with J. Britton's ... and Sepia wash drawing of an estate.
American fiction--20th century, American literature--20th century, Americans--France--History--20th century, and Authors, American--20th century--Archives
Addition contains eight volumes of transcriptions of Ezra Pound's correspondence, typescript, corrected and annotated, made by D. D. Paige in the course of preparing his selected edition of The Letters of Ezra Pound, 1907-1941, as well as a number of original letters from Pound, Dorothy Pound, Ernest Hemingway, Marshall McLuhan, and others.
Description:
D. D. Paige, translator. and Purchased from Paula Paige on the Ezra Pound Archive Fund, 2010.
Subject (Name):
Paige, D. D, Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972, and Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972. Correspondence. Selections
Subject (Topic):
American literature--20th century and Poets, American--20th century