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  <titleInfo>
    <title>David Conner papers, 1817-1847 (bulk 1844-1847)</title>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Conner, David</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1792-1856</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>
  </language>
  <physicalDescription>
    <extent>400</extent>
    <extent>3</extent>
    <extent>0.6</extent>
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  <abstract>Corrrespondence, reports, invoices, ships returns, extracts from ships logs, and other official naval papers primarily pertaining to Conner's service as commander of U.S. naval forces in the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico.  Many of the letters are from commanders of vessels, such as the Bainbridge, Falmouth, Porpoise, Potomac, and Vandalia.  Includes material relating to the 1844 revolution in the Dominican Republic, naval operations in the Mexican War, and preparations for the attack on Veracruz Llave, Mexico, where Conner managed the landing of General Winfield Scott's army.  Correspondents include John H. Aulick, George Bancroft, Franklin Chase, W.H. Chase, John S. Chauncey, Joseph Gideon, James William Glass, John Gwinn, William E. Hunt, W. Latimer, E.A.F. Lavallette, Henri Levi, John Y. Mason, Joseph Mattison, John L. Saunders, and Winfield Scott.</abstract>
  <note>Open to research.</note>
  <note>In part, transcripts. [S.l.].</note>
  <note>Naval officer.</note>
  <note>Collection material in English.</note>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Aulick, John H</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">-1873</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Bancroft, George</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1800-1891</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Chase, Franklin</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Chase, W. H. (William Henry)</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1798-1870</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Chauncey, John S</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">-1871</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Gideon, Joseph</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Glass, James William</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">approximately 1825-1855</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Gwinn, John</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1791-1849</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Hunt, William E. (William Edgar)</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Latimer, William K</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">-1873</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Lavallette, E. A. F. (Elie Augustus F.)</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">approximately 1790-1862</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Levi, Henri</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Mason, John Y. (John Young)</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1799-1859</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Saunders, John Loyall</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">-1860</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Mattison, Joseph</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Scott, Winfield</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1786-1866</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>United States.</namePart>
      <namePart>Navy</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>19th century</temporal>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>Bainbridge (Brig)</namePart>
    </name>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>Falmouth (Ship)</namePart>
    </name>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>Porpoise (Schooner)</namePart>
    </name>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>Potomac (Frigate)</namePart>
    </name>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>Vandalia (Sloop)</namePart>
    </name>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Mexican War, 1846-1848</topic>
    <topic>Naval operations, American</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Ship's papers</topic>
    <temporal>19th century</temporal>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Caribbean Area</geographic>
    <topic>History, Naval</topic>
    <temporal>19th century</temporal>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Dominican Republic</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>1844-1930</temporal>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Gulf Coast (U.S.)</geographic>
    <topic>History, Naval</topic>
    <temporal>19th century</temporal>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Mexico, Gulf of</geographic>
    <topic>History, Naval</topic>
    <temporal>19th century</temporal>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave, Mexico)</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>Surrender, 1847</temporal>
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  <subject authority="itoamc">
    <occupation>Naval officers</occupation>
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  <accessCondition type="restrictionOnAccess">Open to research.</accessCondition>
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