Schoonmaker, Cornelius Marius 1839-1889 creator mixed material monographic eng 1,400 4 1.6 Correspondence, letterbook, order book, printed material, scrapbooks, and an unpublished biography detailing Schoonmaker's naval career.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. Open to research. 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 mm 70052944 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms008043 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms008043.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008043 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008043.3 Open to research. DLC 730215 20260227111613.0 mm 70052944