Goldsborough, Louis Malesherbes 1805-1877 creator mixed material monographic eng 8,000 27 1 7.2 Correspondence, military records, financial papers, printed matter, illustrations, and other papers concerning Goldsborough's career in the U.S. Navy. Documents the capture of the castle of San Juan de Ulúa, Mexico (1847) and Goldsborough's work as superintendent of the United States Naval Academy (1853-1857). Civil War material relates to the blockade of Charleston Harbor; Ambrose Everett Burnside's Roanoke Island expedition; naval operations on the James River; Goldsborough's command of the frigate Minnesota at Hampton Roads, Va., while awaiting attack by the Merrimack; the scuttling of the Merrimack; visits to the front lines by Abraham Lincoln and his cabinet; and the capture of John H. Surratt. Includes the draft of Stephen Decatur's letter to James Barron that led to their duel. Correspondents include Jeremiah S. Black, J.L. Cabell, Salmon P. Chase, John J. Crittenden, Samuel Francis Du Pont, Edward Everett, Gustavus Vasa Fox, John Lothrop Motley, Joseph Smith, Josiah Tatnall, A.P. Upshur, Gideon Welles, and Charles Wilkes. Open to research. Naval officer. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009046. Barron, James 1769-1851 Correspondence Black, Jeremiah S. (Jeremiah Sullivan) 1810-1883 Correspondence Burnside, Ambrose Everett 1824-1881 Cabell, J. L. (James Lawrence) 1813-1889 Correspondence Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland) 1808-1873 Correspondence Crittenden, John J. (John Jordan) 1787-1863 Correspondence Decatur, Stephen 1779-1820 Correspondence Du Pont, Samuel Francis 1803-1865 Correspondence Everett, Edward 1794-1865 Correspondence Fox, Gustavus Vasa 1821-1883 Correspondence Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865 Motley, John Lothrop 1814-1877 Correspondence Smith, Joseph 1790-1877 Correspondence Surratt, John H. (John Harrison) 1844-1916 Tatnall, Josiah 1795-1871 Correspondence Upshur, A. P. (Abel Parker) 1790-1844 Correspondence Welles, Gideon 1802-1878 Correspondence Wilkes, Charles 1798-1877 Correspondence Castillo de San Juan de Ulúa (Mexico) Merrimack (Frigate) Minnesota (Frigate) United States Naval Academy. Cabinet officers Dueling Hampton Roads, Battle of, Va., 1862 Mexican War, 1846-1848 Charleston Harbor (S.C.) Charleston (S.C.) History Civil War, 1861-1865 James River (Va.) History Civil War, 1861-1865 North Carolina History Civil War, 1861-1865 Roanoke Island (N.C.) History Capture, 1862 South Carolina History Civil War, 1861-1865 United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Blockades United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Naval operations Virginia History Civil War, 1861-1865 Naval officers mm 81023044 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms009046 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms009046.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009046 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009046.3 Open to research. DLC 810324 20260227111708.0 mm 81023044