TY  - GEN
AU  - Casey,Silas
AU  - Coggeshall,Joseph
TI  - Silas Casey papers,
KW  - United States
KW  - Navy
KW  - Foreign service
KW  - Japan
KW  - Samoan Islands
KW  - Panama
KW  - Panama, Bay of
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - North Atlantic Blockading Squadron (1861-1865)
KW  - Colorado (Frigate)
KW  - Greenwich (Privateer)
KW  - Marlborough (Privateer)
KW  - Niagara (Steam frigate)
KW  - Portsmouth (Sloop of war)
KW  - Providence (Privateer)
KW  - Quinnebaug (Screw corvette)
KW  - Wisconsin (Battleship : BB-9)
KW  - Wyoming (Sloop of war)
KW  - Arsenals
KW  - Naval education
KW  - Navy-yards and naval stations, American
KW  - Privateering
KW  - Sabotage
KW  - Spanish-American War, 1898
KW  - Kanghwa-gun (Korea)
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - Korea
KW  - Civil War, 1861-1865
KW  - Blockades
KW  - Naval operations
KW  - Revolution, 1775-1783
KW  - Naval officers
KW  - itoamc
N1  - Open to research
N2  - Correspondence, journal, daybook, bills, receipts, commissions, and other papers relating to Casey's career as a U.S. naval officer.  Subjects include Casey's service during the cruise of the Niagara (Frigate) to Tokyo, Japan, in 1860-1861, with the Japanese ambassador and his staff; naval actions and blockades in the Civil War; and the punitive expedition to Korea aboard the Colorado (Frigate) in 1871.  Also documents his service as commander of the Portsmouth (Sloop of war) operating as a naval school and of the Wisconsin (Battleship : BB-9) during negotiations with Panama, 1901-1902.  Other subjects include suspected sabotage of navy-yards and arsenals during the Spanish-American War and naval customs of the nineteenth century.  Includes photographs and printed matter pertaining to the capture of Fort McKee on Kanghoa Island (Kanghwa-gun), Korea, in 1871.  Material pertaining to the role of Casey's ancestors in the American Revolution includes Joseph Coggershall's account book of the Greenwich (Privateer), Marlborough (Privateer), and Providence (Privateer).  Other ships represented include the Quinnebaug (Corvette) and the Wyoming (Sloop of war)
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010003
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010003.3
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