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100 1 _aMaury, Matthew Fontaine,
_d1806-1873.
245 0 0 _aMatthew Fontaine Maury papers,
_f1825-1960
_g(bulk 1830-1880).
300 _a14,650
_fitems.
300 _a65
_fcontainers plus
_a1
_foversize.
300 _a17.5
_flinear feet.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
520 8 _aCorrespondence, 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.
520 8 _aFamily 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.
544 _3Maps
_etransferred to
_aLibrary of Congress Geography and Map Division.
545 0 _aNaval officer and oceanographer.
546 _aCollection material in English.
555 8 _aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001026
600 1 0 _aBlackford, William M.,
_d1801-1864
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aCorbin, Nannie,
_d1837-1900
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aCorbin, Wellford
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHasbrouck, William C.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHolmes, Nathaniel J.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aJansen, Marin H.
_q(Marin Henry),
_d1817-1893
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMaury, Ann,
_d1803-1876
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMaury, Ann,
_d1811-1901
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMaury, Matthew Fontaine,
_d1849-1886
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMaury, Richard L.
_q(Richard Lancelot),
_d1840-1907
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMaury, Rutson,
_d1805-1882
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMaximilian,
_cEmperor of Mexico,
_d1832-1867
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMinor, Franklin,
_d1812-1867
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aOtey, James Hervey,
_d1800-1863
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aSmith, Francis Henney,
_d1812-1890
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aTremlett, F. W.
_q(Francis William)
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWerth, Mary,
_d1844-1928
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWithers, Eliza,
_d1846-
_vCorrespondence.
600 3 0 _aMorey family.
600 3 0 _aMorey family
_xCorrespondence.
610 1 0 _aConfederate States of America.
_bNavy
_xOfficers.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bNavy
_xOfficers.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bDepot of Charts and Instruments.
610 2 0 _aUnited States Naval Observatory.
650 0 _aAmerican Confederate voluntary exiles
_zMexico.
650 0 _aDiplomatic and consular service, Confederate
_zGreat Britain.
650 0 _aMeteorology.
650 0 _aMines and mineral resources.
650 0 _aOceanography.
650 0 _aPhysical geography
_zVirginia.
650 0 _aScience
_xHistory
_y19th century.
650 0 _aTorpedoes.
651 0 _aConfederate States of America
_xForeign relations
_zGreat Britain.
651 0 _aConfederate States of America
_xHistory, Naval.
651 0 _aGreat Britain
_xForeign relations
_zConfederate States of America.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_yCivil War, 1861-1865
_xNaval operations.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_yCivil War, 1861-1865
_xRefugees.
656 7 _aNaval officers.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aNaval officers, Confederate.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aOceanographers.
_2itoamc
700 1 _aCoblentz, Catherine Cate,
_d1897-1951.
_tMatthew Fontaine Maury biography.
_f1953.
700 1 _aSmith, C. Alphonso
_q(Charles Alphonso),
_d1864-1924.
_tC. Alphonso Smith papers.
_f1864-1927.
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001026
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001026.3
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