Wilkes, Charles 1798-1877 creator mixed material monographic eng 6,500 45 2 1 26 18 Correspondence, letterbooks, journals and diaries, autobiography, scientific tracts and notes detailing weather and tidal observations, legal and financial papers, genealogical charts, printed material, and other papers. Subjects include Wilkes's command of an expedition (1838-1842) to the Antarctic, islands in the Pacific, and the northwest coast of the U.S.; his work in Washington, D.C., preparing and publishing (1843-1863) information collected by the expedition; his capture of J.M. Mason and John Slidell in the Trent affair (1861); and his command of the James River Flotilla and the West India Squadron during the Civil War. Subjects include efforts to capture Confederate destroyers, commerce in the North, and dissatisfaction with American leadership during the Civil War; and an outbreak of cholera in Germany in 1873. Also includes letterbooks (1817-1841) of William Compton Bolton. Correspondents include Louis Agassiz, James Dwight Dana, Joseph Drayton, Asa Gray, George Brinton McClellan, Fred D. Stuart, and Gideon Welles. Family papers include correspondence of Charles Wilkes, his children John, Jane, and Eliza, and his wives Jane Renwick Wilkes and Mary Lynch Bolton Wilkes; genealogies; and marriage and building contracts, leases, inventories, promissory notes, trust agreements, and debt records dating from the seventeenth century concerning the family in England and America. Open to research. Microfilm edition of containers 1-31 available, no. 16,501. Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service. Naval officer and explorer. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms002005 Agassiz, Louis 1807-1873 Correspondence Bolton, William Compton -1849 Correspondence Dana, James Dwight 1813-1895 Correspondence Drayton, Joseph Correspondence Gray, Asa 1810-1888 Correspondence Mason, J. M. (James Murray) 1798-1871 McClellan, George Brinton 1826-1885 Correspondence Slidell, John 1793-1871 Stuart, Fred D Correspondence Welles, Gideon 1802-1878 Correspondence Wilkes, Eliza Correspondence Wilkes, Jane Correspondence Wilkes, Jane Renwick -1843 Correspondence Wilkes, John 1827-1908 Correspondence Wilkes, Mary Lynch Bolton Correspondence Wilkes family Confederate States of America. Navy. United States. Navy. James River Flotilla. United States. Navy. Potomac Flotilla. United States. Navy. West India Squadron. United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) Astronomy Cholera Germany Maps Meteorology Observations Scientific expeditions Antarctica Scientific expeditions Hawaii Scientific expeditions Oceania Tides Trent Affair, 1861 Antarctica Discovery and exploration Hawaii Discovery and exploration Oceania Discovery and exploration United States Commerce United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Naval operations United States Politics and government 1861-1865 Explorers Naval officers mm 75045716 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms002005 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms002005.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms002005 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms002005.3 Open to research. DLC 751124 20260227111616.0 mm 75045716