05299cpcaa2200841 a 4500 mm 79031682 DLC 20260227111656.0 cr ||||||||||| 790320|||||||||||| eng mm 79031682 ms 63000378 DLC dacs DLC DLC S lcmd Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873. Matthew Fontaine Maury papers, 1825-1960 (bulk 1830-1880). 14,650 items. 65 containers plus 1 oversize. 17.5 linear feet. Open to research. Correspondence, letterbooks, diaries, journals, drafts and printed copies of speeches, articles, and other writings, notebooks, electrical experiment book, charts, and printed material relating chiefly to Maury's naval career, scientific activities and interests, service as a Confederate agent in England, and work as an immigration official for Southern expatriates in Mexico, and to the Maury (Morey) family. Documents Maury's service as a midshipman in the U.S. Navy in the 1820s and 1830s and as superintendent of the U.S. Depot of Charts and Instruments and of the U.S. Naval Observatory between 1842 and 1861. Also documents his resignation as an officer of the U.S. Navy and commission as commander in the Confederate navy (1861). Topics include meteorology, mines, oceanography, torpedoes, and the physical geography of Virginia. Includes papers of Charles Alphonso Smith regarding Maury and a typescript of a life of Maury by Catherine Cate Coblentz. Family correspondents include Maury's wife Ann Maury (1811-1901); his children Nannie Corbin and her husband Wellford Corbin, Matthew Fontaine Maury, Jr. (1849-1886), Richard L. Maury, Mary Werth, and Eliza Withers; his cousins Ann Maury (1803-1876) and Rutson Maury; and his kinsman Franklin Minor. Correspondents include William M. Blackford, William C. Hasbrouck, Nathaniel J. Holmes, Marin H. Jansen, Maximilian (Emperor of Mexico), James Hervey Otey, Francis Henney Smith, and F. W. Tremlett. Maps transferred to Library of Congress Geography and Map Division. Naval officer and oceanographer. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001026 Blackford, William M., 1801-1864 Correspondence. Corbin, Nannie, 1837-1900 Correspondence. Corbin, Wellford Correspondence. Hasbrouck, William C. Correspondence. Holmes, Nathaniel J. Correspondence. Jansen, Marin H. (Marin Henry), 1817-1893 Correspondence. Maury, Ann, 1803-1876 Correspondence. Maury, Ann, 1811-1901 Correspondence. Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1849-1886 Correspondence. Maury, Richard L. (Richard Lancelot), 1840-1907 Correspondence. Maury, Rutson, 1805-1882 Correspondence. Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, 1832-1867 Correspondence. Minor, Franklin, 1812-1867 Correspondence. Otey, James Hervey, 1800-1863 Correspondence. Smith, Francis Henney, 1812-1890 Correspondence. Tremlett, F. W. (Francis William) Correspondence. Werth, Mary, 1844-1928 Correspondence. Withers, Eliza, 1846- Correspondence. Morey family. Morey family Correspondence. Confederate States of America. Navy Officers. United States. Navy Officers. United States. Depot of Charts and Instruments. United States Naval Observatory. American Confederate voluntary exiles Mexico. Diplomatic and consular service, Confederate Great Britain. Meteorology. Mines and mineral resources. Oceanography. Physical geography Virginia. Science History 19th century. Torpedoes. Confederate States of America Foreign relations Great Britain. Confederate States of America History, Naval. Great Britain Foreign relations Confederate States of America. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Naval operations. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Refugees. Naval officers. itoamc Naval officers, Confederate. itoamc Oceanographers. itoamc Coblentz, Catherine Cate, 1897-1951. Matthew Fontaine Maury biography. 1953. Smith, C. Alphonso (Charles Alphonso), 1864-1924. C. Alphonso Smith papers. 1864-1927. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001026 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001026.3 42259 42259