TY  - GEN
AU  - Maury,Matthew Fontaine
AU  - Coblentz,Catherine Cate
AU  - Smith,C.Alphonso
TI  - Matthew Fontaine Maury papers,
KW  - Blackford, William M.,
KW  - Corbin, Nannie,
KW  - Corbin, Wellford
KW  - Hasbrouck, William C.
KW  - Holmes, Nathaniel J.
KW  - Jansen, Marin H.
KW  - Maury, Ann,
KW  - Maury, Matthew Fontaine,
KW  - Maury, Richard L.
KW  - Maury, Rutson,
KW  - Maximilian,
KW  - Minor, Franklin,
KW  - Otey, James Hervey,
KW  - Smith, Francis Henney,
KW  - Tremlett, F. W.
KW  - Werth, Mary,
KW  - Withers, Eliza,
KW  - Morey family.
KW  - Morey family
KW  - Confederate States of America
KW  - Navy
KW  - Officers
KW  - United States
KW  - Depot of Charts and Instruments
KW  - United States Naval Observatory
KW  - American Confederate voluntary exiles
KW  - Mexico
KW  - Diplomatic and consular service, Confederate
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Meteorology
KW  - Mines and mineral resources
KW  - Oceanography
KW  - Physical geography
KW  - Virginia
KW  - Science
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Torpedoes
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - History, Naval
KW  - Civil War, 1861-1865
KW  - Naval operations
KW  - Refugees
KW  - Naval officers
KW  - itoamc
KW  - Naval officers, Confederate
KW  - Oceanographers
N1  - Open to research
N2  - 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
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001026
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001026.3
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