03147cpcaa2200553 a 4500 mm 70052944 DLC 20260227111613.0 cr ||||||||||| 730215|||||||||||| eng mm 70052944 ms 69002050 DLC DLC dacs DLC W lcmd Schoonmaker, Cornelius Marius, 1839-1889. Cornelius Marius Schoonmaker papers, 1833-1931 (bulk 1860-1890). 1,400 items. 4 containers. 1.6 linear feet. Open to research. Correspondence, letterbook, order book, printed material, scrapbooks, and an unpublished biography detailing Schoonmaker's naval career. Includes Schoonmaker's letters regarding China and the Far East (East Asia), a letter concerning the survivors of the ship Polaris, accounts of the battle of Mobile Bay, Ala., and details of Schoonmaker's drowning in a hurricane which also wrecked his ship, the screw sloop Vandalia. Correspondents include William E. Chandler, John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren, Thomas A. Dornin, David Glasgow Farragut, Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough, John C. Howell, George M. Robeson, Richard W. Thompson, Isaac Toucey, Gideon Welles, and William C. Whitney. Naval officer. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008043 Forms part of: Naval Historical Foundation collection. Chandler, William E. (William Eaton), 1835-1917 Correspondence. Dahlgren, John Adolphus Bernard, 1809-1870 Correspondence. Dornin, Thomas A. (Thomas Aloysius), 1800-1874 Correspondence. Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870 Correspondence. Goldsborough, Louis Malesherbes, 1805-1877 Correspondence. Howell, John C. Correspondence. Robeson, George M. (George Maxwell), 1829-1897 Correspondence. Thompson, Richard W. (Richard Wigginton), 1809-1900 Correspondence. Toucey, Isaac, 1796-1869 Correspondence. Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878 Correspondence. Whitney, William C. (William Collins), 1841-1904 Correspondence. Polaris (Ship) Vandalia (Screw sloop) Mobile Bay, Battle of, Ala., 1864. Alabama History Civil War, 1861-1865. China Description and travel. East Asia Description and travel. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns. Naval officers. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008043 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008043.3 39196 39196