Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870.

David Glasgow Farragut papers, 1816-1869. - 400 items. 1 container. 0.4 linear feet.

Open to research.

Correspondence, letterbooks, biographical file, invitations, and other papers relating primarily to Farragut's naval activities, especially his role in the protection of American interests in Mexico during the pre-Civil War period. Topics include the USS Boxer (Brig), USS Erie (Sloop of war), naval ordnance, U.S. minister to Mexico Robert M. McLane, and the war between France and Mexico. Correspondents include James Barron, Charles Baudin, John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren, Alexander James Dallas, Lyman Copeland Draper, Charles Folsom, Duncan N. Ingraham, William D. Jones, John Lenthall, Stephen R. Mallory, Matthew Fontaine Maury, Charles Morris, James Kirke Paulding, Antonio López de Santa Anna, Isaac Toucey, and Melancthon B. Woolsey.


Naval officer.


Collection material in English, with Spanish.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010187

Forms part of: Naval Historical Foundation collection.

mm 70053769


Barron, James, 1769-1851 --Correspondence.
Baudin, Charles, 1784-1854 --Correspondence.
Dahlgren, John Adolphus Bernard, 1809-1870 --Correspondence.
Dallas, Alexander James, 1759-1817 --Correspondence.
Draper, Lyman Copeland, 1815-1891 --Correspondence.
Folsom, Charles, 1794-1872 --Correspondence.
Ingraham, Duncan N. 1802-1891 --Correspondence.
Jones, William D.--Correspondence.
Lenthall, John, 1807-1882 --Correspondence.
Mallory, Stephen R. 1813-1873 --Correspondence.
Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873 --Correspondence.
McLane, Robert M. 1815-1898.
Morris, Charles, 1784-1856 --Correspondence.
Paulding, James Kirke, 1778-1860 --Correspondence.
Santa Anna, Antonio López de, 1794?-1876 --Correspondence.
Toucey, Isaac, 1796-1869 --Correspondence.
Woolsey, Melancthon B. 1817-1874 --Correspondence.


Boxer (Brig)
Erie (Sloop of war)


Ordnance, Naval.


France--Foreign relations--Mexico.
Mexico--Foreign relations--France.
Mexico--Foreign relations--United States.
Mexico--History--1821-1861.
United States--Foreign relations--Mexico.


Naval officers.