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    <title>George E. Belknap papers, 1857-1903</title>
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    <namePart>Belknap, George E. (George Eugene)</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1832-1903</namePart>
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  <language>
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  <abstract>Correspondence, articles, memoranda, and other papers relating to Belknap's naval career including his duty in the barrier forts at Canton (Guangzhou.), China, in the 1850s; combat duty in the Civil War; a tour of duty in Hawaii; and his command of the Asiatic Fleet.  Subjects include hydrography; oceanography; old sea stories; social, economic, and political questions; and Belknap family affairs and genealogy.  Correspondents include Daniel Ammen, John M. Brooke, Caspar F. Goodrich, Samuel W. Lowell, Francis Asbury Roe, George Collier Remey, and John A. Riddle.</abstract>
  <note>Open to research.</note>
  <note>Naval officer.</note>
  <note>Collection material in English.</note>
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  <note>Forms part of: Naval Historical Foundation collection.</note>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Ammen, Daniel</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1820-1898</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Brooke, John M. (John Mercer)</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1826-1906</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Goodrich, Caspar F. (Caspar Frederick)</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1847-1925</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Lowell, Samuel W</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Remey, George Collier</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1841-1928</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Riddle, John A</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Roe, Francis Asbury</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1823-1901</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Belknap family</namePart>
    </name>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>United States.</namePart>
      <namePart>Navy</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Foreign service</topic>
    <geographic>China</geographic>
    <geographic>Guangzhou</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>United States.</namePart>
      <namePart>Navy</namePart>
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    <topic>Foreign service</topic>
    <geographic>Hawaii</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>United States.</namePart>
      <namePart>Navy.</namePart>
      <namePart>Asiatic Fleet.</namePart>
    </name>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Genealogy</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Hydrography</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Oceanography</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Sea stories</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>Economic policy</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>Civil War, 1861-1865</temporal>
    <topic>Naval operations</topic>
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    <topic>Politics and government</topic>
    <temporal>19th century</temporal>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>Social policy</topic>
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    <occupation>Naval officers</occupation>
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