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Ammen (Daniel) papers
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General Correspondence

box 1, folder 1-30

Arranged alphabetically by correspondents.

  • Including letters, etc. relating to Admiral Ammen's personal affairs and to his career in the United States Navy.
  • Also included is Ammen memorabilia.
  • Some of the letters contain references to the Nicaraguan canal project.
 

Letters to Joseph Marshall Stoddart . (1845-1921)

General Physical Description note: 7 pieces.

Scope and Contents note

Stoddart was editor of Lippincott's Magazine. These letters (1889-1891) concern the possibility of publishing portions of Admiral Ammen's memoirs in the magazine. Mention is made of the Nicaragua experiences and letters from General Grant.

General note

Added to Daniel Ammen Papers, Collection 811 (by D. Luckenbill, December 1974).
 

General Papers

box 6

Contains 22 documents affirming Admiral Ammen's various naval and other appointments, arranged chronologically.

Commission of Daniel Ammen as Commander in the Navy, 1863, February 21
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United States military officer, Major General George Cadwalader and horse, , Cabinet card, circa 1879
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Papers Concerning the Ammen Rams

box 1, folder 31-41

Letters, photographs, blueprints etc. re the construction and design of the Ammen ram.

box 2, folder 1-21

Papers re the Nicaraguan Canal Route

box 3, folder  1-12

Chiefly letters arranged alphabetically by correspondents in box 2-3.

Scope and Contents note

Box 2, folders 19-21 contain some papers, printed government documents and a few clippings.
box 5

Plans of Balsa, Portsmouth, New Hampshire Naval Yard . May 1870

General Physical Description note: 3 blueprints.
 

Miscellaneous

box 4

Admiral Daniel Ammen's Dueling Pistols.

General note

Housed in safe.
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