United States Squadron in the Pacific Ocean, Quarterly Return of Receipts, 1837-1838

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Summary

Title:
United States Squadron in the Pacific Ocean, Quarterly Return of Receipts,
Dates:
1837-1838
Creators:
United States. Navy
Extent:
.2 linear feet (1 bound volume)
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

United States Squadron in the Pacific Ocean, Quarterly Return of Receipts. Wyles Mss 68. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

1 bound volume, Quarterly Return of Receipts and Expenditures of Provisions and Stores for the United States Squadron in the Pacific Ocean, June 1, 1837 to January 1838, while at Callao Castle [Peru] and Valparaiso [Argentina]. Includes figures for food, clothing, and miscellaneous stores such as anchors, cables, cordage, spars, barrels, linseed oil, pitch, tar, and paint.

Biographical / historical:

Information about the United States Squadron in the Pacific Ocean may be found in printed works such as:

  • Journal of a Cruise to the Pacific Ocean, 1842-1844, in the Frigate United States, with Notes on Herman Melville, edited by Charles Roberts Anderson (1937).
  • United States, Office of Naval Records and Library. Letters Received by the Secretary of the Navy from Commanding Officers of Squadrons, 1841-1886: Pacific Squadron, 1841-1886.

Acquisition information:
Purchase.
Physical location:
Vault

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by D. Tambo
Date Prepared:
© 2002
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid in EAD v. 1.0 derived from MS Word 2000 file by David C. Gartrell. Date of source: 29 October 2002 .

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Restrictions:

None.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred citation:

United States Squadron in the Pacific Ocean, Quarterly Return of Receipts. Wyles Mss 68. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
UC Santa Barbara Library
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
Contact:
(805) 893-3062
special@library.ucsb.edu
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