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  <titleInfo>
    <title>George P. Welsh papers, circa 1771-circa 1851</title>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Welsh, George P.</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">-1860</namePart>
    <role>
      <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm>
    </role>
  </name>
  <typeOfResource collection="yes" manuscript="yes">mixed material</typeOfResource>
  <originInfo>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
  </originInfo>
  <language>
    <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm>
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  <physicalDescription>
    <extent>7</extent>
    <extent>3</extent>
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  <abstract>Official journals, manuscript manual on sailing and astronomy (circa 1771), and printed material.  Journals kept by Welsh on his midshipman cruises on the U.S.F. Brandywine, Mediterranean Squadron (1841-1842); U.S.S. Independence, Home Squadron (1843); U.S.S. Levant, Pacific Squadron (1843-1845); and U.S.S. Plymouth, East India Squadron (1848-1851).  Journal kept on the U.S.S. Levant includes maps and sketches (profile), and the U.S.S. Plymouth journal includes extensive commentary on the negotiations and visits of U.S. special agent Joseph Balestier in Cochin China, Thailand, Subi Island, and Borneo.</abstract>
  <note>Open to research.</note>
  <note>Naval officer.</note>
  <note>Forms part of: Naval Historical Foundation collection.</note>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>Brandywine (Frigate)</namePart>
    </name>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>Independence (Ship : 1814-1913)</namePart>
    </name>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>United States.</namePart>
      <namePart>Navy.</namePart>
      <namePart>East India Squadron.</namePart>
    </name>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>United States.</namePart>
      <namePart>Navy.</namePart>
      <namePart>Mediterranean Squadron.</namePart>
    </name>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>United States.</namePart>
      <namePart>Navy.</namePart>
      <namePart>Pacific Squadron.</namePart>
    </name>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Astronomy</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Sailing</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Borneo</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Vietnam, Southern</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Indonesia</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Thailand</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>Borneo</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>Vietnam, Southern</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>Indonesia</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>Thailand</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>Vietnam</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Vietnam</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject>
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Balestier, Joseph</namePart>
    </name>
  </subject>
  <subject>
    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>Levant (Ship)</namePart>
    </name>
  </subject>
  <subject>
    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>Plymouth (Ship)</namePart>
    </name>
  </subject>
  <subject>
    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>United States.</namePart>
      <namePart>Navy.</namePart>
      <namePart>Home Squadron.</namePart>
    </name>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="itoamc">
    <occupation>Naval officers</occupation>
  </subject>
  <identifier type="lccn">mm 70052969</identifier>
  <accessCondition type="restrictionOnAccess">Open to research.</accessCondition>
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