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Holograph letter signed to Jennette regarding his ambition to be a naval officer, how he happened to join the Navy, comments on the difference between leadership and heroism and his work today as an artist and writer. Copy print of Bucher as CDR, 1967.

Journal of the cruise of USS Ohio in the Mediterranean Sea, 1839-1841, under the command of Commodore Isaac Hull by F. P. Torrey, published in Boston, Mass. by Samuel N. Dickinson, 1841, from a manuscript prepared by the author. Contains marginal notes as well as comments on ports and countries visited, the crew and other vessels of the squadron.

A pamphlet entitled “An Address to the People of the United States on the policy of maintaining a permanent Navy by an American Citizen” published 1802. Argues for a permanent Navy for commercial and navigational purposes against detractors.

Holograph notes found in his copy of The Naval Review, XVII (1929) adjacent to articles on “What is it that dictates the size of fighting ships?” He notes qualities of a fighting ship, size, number, guns, cruisers and battleships.

Typescript letter signed to Benjamin Kohn, Silver Spring, Md., regarding the ship Patrick Henry on its third two-month Polaris Patrol. He comments on the effectiveness of the Polaris weapons concept and its use as a national nuclear deterrent and element of American seapower.

Holograph letter signed from USS Susquehanna, Montevideo, Uruguay, to LCDR J. G. Walker, CO, USS Shawmut, with orders to proceed to Colonia, Uruguay, to cultivate friendly relations and to remain there until April 1.

Autographed letter signed from Godon, Acting CO, Brazil Squadron, in USS Susquehanna, Montevideo, Uruguay, to LCDRJ. G. Walker, CO, USS Shawmut, with orders to sail to Buenos Aires and to seize the steamer La Portena if she has not complied with the legal requirements of the U.S. Consul, or until crew list and register is in the hands of the Consul.

Genealogy of the Meigs, Rodgers, Taylor, Alger and Smith families, compiled by Mary Smith Staley, 1980.

Typescript copies of letter Washington D.C., to her children regarding the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln and the consternation of her family regarding that event Comments on the surrender of General Robert E. Lee and the Confederate forces and the celebrations surrounding that event.

Reminisences of Louisa Taylor Alger (1886–1962) written in response to questions concerning her grandfather, General Montgomery C. Meigs, Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army, during the Civil War on May 27, 1955. These reminiscences were transcribed, edited and typed by Mrs. Gert Ehrlich of Schenectady, NY in December 1961.

(Photocopy)