TY  - GEN
AU  - Gantt,Benjamin S.
TI  - Benjamin S. Gantt papers,
KW  - Nicholas
KW  - United States
KW  - Navy
KW  - Foreign service
KW  - Caribbean Area
KW  - Europe
KW  - South America
KW  - Caribbean Squadron
KW  - European Station
KW  - South Atlantic Squadron
KW  - Fairfield (Sloop of war)
KW  - Independence (Ship : 1814-1913)
KW  - St. Louis (Sloop of war)
KW  - Description and travel
KW  - Naval officers
KW  - itoamc
N1  - Open to research
N2  - Official and personal journals kept by Gantt on board the USS Fairfield (Sloop of war), USS St. Louis (Sloop of war), and other ships in the U.S. Navy's Caribbean Squadron, European Station, and South Atlantic Squadron.  Personal journals contain notes, verse, and descriptions of the countries visited.  In his journal of the 1837-1838 cruise of the USS Independence (Ship of the line), Gantt mentions a visit on board by Nicholas I, Emperor of Russia, on July 29, 1837
ER  -