Browning family papers, 1824-1917 (bulk 1835-1855).

Contributor(s): Material type: Mixed materialsMixed materialsDescription: 900 items; 3 containers; 2 linear feetSubject(s): Online resources: Summary: Correspondence, journals, biographical file, genealogical and other notes, newspaper clippings, and printed material of the Browning family. The journal includes material relating to voyages of the U.S.S. Vincennes, the U.S.S. Ohio, and the U.S.S. Congress, notes on the South Sea islands, descriptions of Mediterranean and South American countries, watercolors of Turks, obituaries of naval officers, observations on the U.S. Navy, and diagrams and studies of Napoleon's campaigns, the bombardment of Odesa (1854), and the attack on San Juan de Ulúa Island, Mexico (1838). Correspondents of Robert L. Browning, Sr., include Richard Bache, Caleb Cushing, Samuel F. Du Pont, William Sinclair, and Thomas D. Sumpter.
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Correspondence, journals, biographical file, genealogical and other notes, newspaper clippings, and printed material of the Browning family. The journal includes material relating to voyages of the U.S.S. Vincennes, the U.S.S. Ohio, and the U.S.S. Congress, notes on the South Sea islands, descriptions of Mediterranean and South American countries, watercolors of Turks, obituaries of naval officers, observations on the U.S. Navy, and diagrams and studies of Napoleon's campaigns, the bombardment of Odesa (1854), and the attack on San Juan de Ulúa Island, Mexico (1838). Correspondents of Robert L. Browning, Sr., include Richard Bache, Caleb Cushing, Samuel F. Du Pont, William Sinclair, and Thomas D. Sumpter.

Browning family members including Robert Lewright Browning (1803-1850), naval officer, his wife Eleanor Hanlon Browning, and their sons, Robert Lewright Browning (1835-1860), marine officer, and Charles Henry Browning (1846-1926), genealogist.

Collection material in English.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009325

Forms part of: Naval Historical Foundation collection.

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