Ericsson, John,  1803-1889. <br/><br/>
John Ericsson papers, 1821-1890  (bulk 1842-1886). 

 - 1,500  items. 11  containers. 6  microfilm reels. 4.4  linear feet. 
<br/><br/> Open to research.  Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. 
<br/><br/> Correspondence, writings, design specifications, articles, memoranda, technical notes, financial and legal papers, drawings, printed matter, and miscellany relating primarily to Ericsson's activities in marine engineering, especially his work on screw propellers and his design of the steamship Princeton and the ironclad Monitor.  Includes material pertaining to his work with Destroyer warships used in anti-submarine warfare, solar energy, the pyrometer, the hydrometer, gun installations, floating batteries, revolving turrets, development of fleets, and outfitting of ships of war.  Also includes correspondence of Ericsson's biographer, William Conant Church.  Ericsson's correspondents include A. Adlersparre, S. B. Browning, William E. Chandler, John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren, Cornelius Henry Delamater, Hjalmar Elworth, Nils Ericson, Gustavus Vasa Fox, John A. Griswold, Charles H. Haswell, Eben Norton Horsford, Robert Green Ingersoll, William Gore Jones, Francis Barber Ogden, Oscar II, King of Sweden, Epes Sargent, John Osborne Sargent, William Henry Seward, Joseph Smith, Robert Field Stockton, and Gideon Welles. 
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<br/><br/><br/>Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. <br/>Washington, D.C. : <br/>Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, <br/>1981. 
<br/><br/><br/>Photographs <br/>Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. <br/>transferred to 
<br/><br/><br/>Swedish-born engineer and inventor; emigrated to the United States in 1839. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/> Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003059 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 78019877  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Adlersparre, A.--Correspondence.<br/>Browning, S. B.--Correspondence.<br/>Chandler, William E. 1835-1917 --Correspondence.<br/>Church, William Conant, 1836-1917 --Correspondence.<br/>Dahlgren, John Adolphus Bernard, 1809-1870 --Correspondence.<br/>Delamater, Cornelius Henry, 1821-1899 --Correspondence.<br/>Elworth, Hjalmar--Correspondence.<br/>Ericson, Nils--Correspondence.<br/>Fox, Gustavus Vasa, 1821-1883 --Correspondence.<br/>Griswold, John A. 1818-1872 --Correspondence.<br/>Haswell, Chas. H. 1809-1907 --Correspondence.<br/>Horsford, Eben Norton, 1818-1893 --Correspondence.<br/>Ingersoll, Robert Green, 1833-1899 --Correspondence.<br/>Jones, William Gore--Correspondence.<br/>Ogden, Francis Barber, 1783-1857 --Correspondence.<br/>Oscar II,  King of Sweden,  1829-1907 --Correspondence.<br/>Paulding, Hiram, 1797-1878 --Correspondence.<br/>Sargent, Epes, 1813-1880 --Correspondence.<br/>Sargent, John Osborne, 1811-1891 --Correspondence.<br/>Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872 --Correspondence.<br/>Smith, Joseph, 1790-1877 --Correspondence.<br/>Stockton, Robert Field, 1795-1866 --Correspondence.<br/>Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878 --Correspondence.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Navy --History--19th century.<br/>Monitor (Ironclad)<br/>Princeton (Steamship)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Anti-submarine warfare.<br/>Armored vessels.<br/>Destroyers (Warships)<br/>Floating batteries.<br/>Hydrometer.<br/>Marine engineering.<br/>Naval architecture.<br/>Ordnance, Naval.<br/>Propellers.<br/>Pyrometers.<br/>Shipbuilding.<br/>Solar energy.<br/>Warships.<br/>Warships--Turrets.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--History, Naval--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Engineers.<br/>Inventors.