Abstract Business and family correspondence, ships' bills and accounts, abstracts logs and journals, ratebooks, notebooks, disbursements, statements of general average, photos of ship paintings, family photos, Wendell genealogy, and other papers; and correspondence, research, clippings, and other papers (1900-1949) of F. Hinkley, A. Wendell, C. Cutler, and others, relating to George Blunt Wendell. The collection also contains reminiscences of George Blunt Wendell, 1847, of a visit to New Orleans and...

Abstract This is a collection of naval papers of William D. Newman (ca. 1800-1844) and his sons, L. Howard Newman (1833-1866) and William Bogert Newman (1834-1912), U.S. Navy officers, including correspondence, orders, regulations, reports, complaints and requests, and other official paper work typical to ships' officers. Includes 18 photos of William Bogert Newman and fellow officers and one abstract log. Vessels represented include the frigate PRESIDENT, frigate CONGRESS, ship INDEPENDENCE, and...