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  <titleInfo>
    <title>William A.H. Allen papers, 1863-1884</title>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Allen, William A. H.</namePart>
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  <originInfo>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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  <language>
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    <extent>8</extent>
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  <abstract>Journals (circa 2,100 pages) with photographs, sketches, and illustrations describing Allen's activities while serving on the U.S.S. Cayuga, assigned to blockade duty on the Gulf Coast during the Civil War, and subsequently on ships in the Mediterranean, Indian, and Pacific Oceans, and at stations on the east and west coasts of the United States and Europe.  Contains descriptions of Malaya, Singapore, China, Japan, Peru, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, and Egypt.</abstract>
  <note>Open to research.</note>
  <note>Microfilm edition available, no. 19,595.</note>
  <note>Microfilm produced from originals in Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1987.</note>
  <note>Naval officer and engineer.</note>
  <note>Collection material in English.</note>
  <note xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010046">Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010046</note>
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    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>United States.</namePart>
      <namePart>Navy</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Foreign service</topic>
    <geographic>Indian Ocean</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>United States.</namePart>
      <namePart>Navy</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Foreign service</topic>
    <geographic>Mediterranean Region</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>United States.</namePart>
      <namePart>Navy</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Foreign service</topic>
    <geographic>Pacific Area</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>Europe</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Africa</geographic>
    <topic>Description and travel</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Asia</geographic>
    <topic>Description and travel</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>China</geographic>
    <topic>Description and travel</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Egypt</geographic>
    <topic>Description and travel</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Japan</geographic>
    <topic>Description and travel</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Lebanon</geographic>
    <topic>Description and travel</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Singapore</geographic>
    <topic>Description and travel</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Malaya</geographic>
    <topic>Description and travel</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Middle East</geographic>
    <topic>Description and travel</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Palestine</geographic>
    <topic>Description and travel</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Peru</geographic>
    <topic>Description and travel</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Syria</geographic>
    <topic>Description and travel</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>Civil War, 1861-1865</temporal>
    <topic>Blockades</topic>
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    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>Civil War, 1861-1865</temporal>
    <topic>Campaigns</topic>
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      <namePart>Cayuga (Ship)</namePart>
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  <subject authority="itoamc">
    <occupation>Engineers</occupation>
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  <subject authority="itoamc">
    <occupation>Naval officers</occupation>
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