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Title: Letter 69: To Commodore Daniel Ammen, Bureau of Navigation, 1877-November-26.
Author: Commodore Daniel Ammen, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation
Abstract/Description: Letter to Daniel Ammen, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, dated November 26, 1877 which acknowledged the receipt of a Bureau Order dated the 21st concerning specimen cylinders being made at the Pensacola Navy Yard's machine shop. By the time the letter was written, the cylinders were not finished but six would be ready to be shipped to the Coast Survey Office by December 1st. The letter itself is frail, thin to the point of transparency, and has been eaten away at some points by rust due to...
Show moreLetter to Daniel Ammen, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, dated November 26, 1877 which acknowledged the receipt of a Bureau Order dated the 21st concerning specimen cylinders being made at the Pensacola Navy Yard's machine shop. By the time the letter was written, the cylinders were not finished but six would be ready to be shipped to the Coast Survey Office by December 1st. The letter itself is frail, thin to the point of transparency, and has been eaten away at some points by rust due to the iron based ink used in penning the correspondence.The page number of the ledger this letter was copied into appears in the upper right. Parts of another letter are clearly visible through the paper itself as well.
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Identifier: uwfHT_NYC_Box1_1877-1878_Correspondence_Page044
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Title: Letter to Charles D. Sigsbee, Commander of the "Blake", 1877-December-14.
Author: Lt. Commander Charles D. Sigsbee, Lt. E. B. Thomas
Abstract/Description: December 14, 1877 letter to Lt. Commander Charles D. Sigsbee, Commander of the "Blake", informing him that on the date of the letter six specimen cylinders were being shipped via the Light House Steamer "Dandelion" for use in the Coast Survey. The items were delivered in the name of Lt. E. B. Thomas. Much of the lettering is very faded, some to the point of illegibility, but most of the letter can be discerned from context. The paper is frail, thin to the point of transparency, and has been...
Show moreDecember 14, 1877 letter to Lt. Commander Charles D. Sigsbee, Commander of the "Blake", informing him that on the date of the letter six specimen cylinders were being shipped via the Light House Steamer "Dandelion" for use in the Coast Survey. The items were delivered in the name of Lt. E. B. Thomas. Much of the lettering is very faded, some to the point of illegibility, but most of the letter can be discerned from context. The paper is frail, thin to the point of transparency, and has been eaten away at some points by rust due to the iron based ink used. The page number of the ledger this letter was copied into appears on the upper right. Parts of another letter are clearly visible through the paper.
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Identifier: uwfHT_NYC_Box1_1877-1878_Correspondence_Page074
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Title: Letter to Charles D. Sigsbee, Commander of the "Blake", 1877-December-7.
Author: Lt. Commander Charles D. Sigsbee, Lt. E. B. Thomas
Abstract/Description: December 7, 1877 letter to Lt. Commander Charles D. Sigsbee, commander of the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake" informing him that on the letter date six specimen cylinders for use in the Coast Survey were shipped and cosigned to Lt. E. B. Thomas. The letter itself is frail, thin to the point of transparency, and has been eaten away at some points by rust due to the iron based ink used. The page number of the ledger this letter was copied into appears on the upper right. Parts of another...
Show moreDecember 7, 1877 letter to Lt. Commander Charles D. Sigsbee, commander of the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake" informing him that on the letter date six specimen cylinders for use in the Coast Survey were shipped and cosigned to Lt. E. B. Thomas. The letter itself is frail, thin to the point of transparency, and has been eaten away at some points by rust due to the iron based ink used. The page number of the ledger this letter was copied into appears on the upper right. Parts of another letter are clearly visible through the paper.
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Identifier: uwfHT_NYC_Box1_1877-1878_Correspondence_Page066
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Title: Letter 76: To Commodore Daniel Ammen, Bureau of Navigation, 1877-December-15.
Author: Commodore Daniel Ammen, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation
Abstract/Description: December 15, 1877 letter to Commodore Daniel Ammen, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, informing him that the six specimen cylinders intended for the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake" were shipped the day prior aboard the Light House Steamer "Dandelion." The paper is frail, thin to the point of transparency, and has been eaten away at some points by rust due to the iron based ink used. The page number of the ledger this letter was copied into appears on the upper right.
Identifier: uwfHT_NYC_Box1_1877-1878_Correspondence_Page077
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Title: Letter 76: To Commodore Daniel Ammen, Bureau of Navigation, 1877-December-10.
Author: Commodore Daniel Ammen, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation
Abstract/Description: December 10, 1877 letter to Daniel Ammen, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, informing him that the Light House Steamer "Dandelion" kept the specimen cylinders intended for the "Blake" on board to ship them to Key West personally due to the Express Office in Pensacola being unable to take them further than Cedar Key. This would have entailed another month's journey to Key West. For reasons unknown, the word "Annulled" is written in blue across the letter and much of is slashed across by the...
Show moreDecember 10, 1877 letter to Daniel Ammen, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, informing him that the Light House Steamer "Dandelion" kept the specimen cylinders intended for the "Blake" on board to ship them to Key West personally due to the Express Office in Pensacola being unable to take them further than Cedar Key. This would have entailed another month's journey to Key West. For reasons unknown, the word "Annulled" is written in blue across the letter and much of is slashed across by the same color. The paper is frail, thin to the point of transparency, and has been eaten away at some points by rust due to the iron based ink used. The page number of the ledger this letter was copied into appears on the upper right. Parts of another letter are clearly visible through the paper.
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Identifier: uwfHT_NYC_Box1_1877-1878_Correspondence_Page071
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Title: Letter 73: To Commodore Daniel Ammen, Bureau of Navigation, 1877-December-6.
Author: Commodore Daniel Ammen, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, Lt. E. B. Thomas
Abstract/Description: December 6, 1877 letter to Daniel Ammen, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, which acknowledged the receipt of a Bureau Order from the 3rd of December. The order was to direct six specimen cylinders to Key West for use aboard the U.S. Coast Steamer "Blake" to Lt. E. B. Thomas, commander of the Navy depot there. The letter itself is frail, thin to the point of transparency, and has been eaten away at some points by rust due to the iron based ink used. The page number of the ledger this letter...
Show moreDecember 6, 1877 letter to Daniel Ammen, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, which acknowledged the receipt of a Bureau Order from the 3rd of December. The order was to direct six specimen cylinders to Key West for use aboard the U.S. Coast Steamer "Blake" to Lt. E. B. Thomas, commander of the Navy depot there. The letter itself is frail, thin to the point of transparency, and has been eaten away at some points by rust due to the iron based ink used. The page number of the ledger this letter was copied into appears on the upper right. Parts of another letter are clearly visible through the paper.
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Identifier: uwfHT_NYC_Box1_1877-1878_Correspondence_Page061
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Title: Letter to Lt. E. B. Thomas, 1877-December-14.
Author: Lt. E. B. Thomas
Abstract/Description: December 14, 1877 letter to Lt. E. B. Thomas, commander of the Naval Depot at Key West, Florida, informing him that the Light House Steamer "Dandelion" was en route with six specimen cylinders, cosigned to his name, for use on board the U.S. Coast Steamer "Blake." Much of the lettering is faded, but can be discerned with some effort. The paper is frail, thin to the point of transparency, and has been eaten away at some points by rust due to the iron based ink used. The page number of the...
Show moreDecember 14, 1877 letter to Lt. E. B. Thomas, commander of the Naval Depot at Key West, Florida, informing him that the Light House Steamer "Dandelion" was en route with six specimen cylinders, cosigned to his name, for use on board the U.S. Coast Steamer "Blake." Much of the lettering is faded, but can be discerned with some effort. The paper is frail, thin to the point of transparency, and has been eaten away at some points by rust due to the iron based ink used. The page number of the ledger this letter was copied into appears on the upper right. Parts of another letter are clearly visible through the paper.
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Identifier: uwfHT_NYC_Box1_1877-1878_Correspondence_Page075
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Title: Aerial View of Northwest Florida, August 5, 1918.
Author: U.S. Navy
Abstract/Description: Aerial photo of a coastline along Northwest Florida taken on August 5, 1918. Structures are built directly upon the sand and coastline. The back of the photo contains a Navy credit stamp and an archival summary.
Identifier: uwfnam_NAS_1918_Aug51918photo_aerialNWflorida
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Title: Journal of Lighthouse Station at Pensacola, January 1886, Keeper William A. Bethel.
Author: William A. Bethel
Abstract/Description: Journal for the month of January. Entries are written across two pages and include notes on the weather, persons on watch, absences, tasks completed, and supply deliveries. The January logs are beneath the entries of the previous December and February's log are likewise halfway through the latter two pages beneath January.
Identifier: uwfplm_1886-01
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Title: Journal of Lighthouse Station at Pensacola, February 1886, Keeper William A. Bethel.
Author: William A. Bethel
Abstract/Description: Journal for the month of February. Entries are written across two pages and include notes on the weather, tasks completed, and a duck attack on the lamp on the 21st. February logs begin halfway through the first two pages and ending just three quarters of the way through the latter two pages, being written immediately after the January entries and before the March ones.
Identifier: uwfplm_1886-02
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Title: Journal of Lighthouse Station at Pensacola, March 1886, Keeper William A. Bethel.
Author: William A. Bethel
Abstract/Description: Journal for the month of March. Entries are written across two pages and include notes on the weather, tasks completed, a visit by the steamship Laurel and an accident involving the wick of the lamp on the 27th. The logs begin in the last quarters of the first two pages and end at the cusp of the latter two pages, being written immediately after the February entries and before the April ones.
Identifier: uwfplm_1886-03
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Title: Journal of Lighthouse Station at Pensacola, April 1886, Keeper William A. Bethel.
Author: William A. Bethel
Abstract/Description: Journal for the month of April. Entries are written across two pages and include notes on the weather, tasks completed, and of a fire witnessed in Pensacola on the 11th. The logs begin at the very end of the first two pages then continue until the top of the last two pages, being written immediately before and prior to the March and May entries.
Identifier: uwfplm_1886-04
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Title: Journal of Lighthouse Station at Pensacola, May 1886, Keeper William A. Bethel.
Author: William A. Bethel
Abstract/Description: Journal for the month of May. Entries are written across two pages and include notes on the weather, tasks completed, and a visit by a lampist to tend to the lighthouse from the 5th to the 8th. The entries begin near the top of the first two pages and end halfway through the latter two pages, being written immediately prior to and before the April and June entries.
Identifier: uwfplm_1886-05
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Title: Journal of Lighthouse Station at Pensacola, June 1886, Keeper William A. Bethel.
Author: William A. Bethel
Abstract/Description: Journal for the month of June. Entries are written across two pages and include notes on the weather, tasks completed, a few absences, and an accident involving the second wick not being lit on the 8th. The entries begin halfway through the first two pages, being written immediately after the May logs, but end before running into July.
Identifier: uwfplm_1886-06
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Title: Journal of Lighthouse Station at Pensacola, July 1886, Keeper William A. Bethel.
Author: William A. Bethel, George Clifford
Abstract/Description: Journal for the month of July. Entries are written across two pages and include notes on the weather and tasks completed. On July 1st George Clifford took charge of the lighthouse, A Whiting was hired as a laborer, and A. Palmer earned a promotion.
Identifier: uwfplm_1886-07
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Title: Journal of Lighthouse Station at Pensacola, August 1886, Keeper George T. Clifford.
Author: George T. Clifford
Abstract/Description: Journal for the month of August. Entries are written across two pages and include notes on the weather, tasks completed, and a single absence by an attendant to visit their father.
Identifier: uwfplm_1886-08
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Title: Journal of Lighthouse Station at Pensacola, September 1886, Keeper George T. Clifford.
Author: George T. Clifford
Abstract/Description: Journal for the month of September. Entries are written across two pages and include notes on the weather and an instance where the lighthouse machinery had to be turned by hand on the 29th.
Identifier: uwfplm_1886-09
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Title: Journal of Lighthouse Station at Pensacola, October 1886, Keeper George T. Clifford.
Author: George T. Clifford
Abstract/Description: Journal for the month of October. Entries are written across two pages and consist of notes on the weather.
Identifier: uwfplm_1886-10
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Title: Journal of Lighthouse Station at Pensacola, November 1887, Keeper George T. Clifford.
Author: George T. Clifford
Abstract/Description: Journal for the month of November. Entries are written across two pages and consist of notes on the weather assessing the wind speed, direction, clouds in the sky and humidity.
Identifier: uwfplm_1887_11
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Title: Journal of Lighthouse Station at Pensacola, December 1887, Keeper George T. Clifford.
Author: George T. Clifford
Abstract/Description: Journal for the month of December. Entries are written across two pages and consist of notes on the weather, an inspection, few absences, and some tasks completed.
Identifier: uwfplm_1887_12
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