Guide to the Van Ness-Philip Family Papers 1711-1963 (bulk 1711-1945) MS 653

Guide to the Van Ness-Philip Family Papers
1711-1963 (bulk 1711-1945)
MS 653

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Container 1	Container 2	Title	Date
Series IV: John Van Ness Philip (d. 1862) Scope and Contents note This series contains correspondence (dated 1837-62), diaries, and naval log book of the officer, who served in both the Mexican and Civil Wars. There is detailed information concerning the Kossuth mission aboard the U.S.S. Mississippi in 1851 and the invasion of California in 1846 aboard the U.S.S. Cyane in the Mexican American War.
Box: 16	Folder : 1	Correspondence to William Hears and to John Van Ness Philip	circa 1830-1840
Box: 16	Folder : 2	Correspondence to John Van Ness Philip	1837
Box: 16	Folder : 3	School papers	1837-1839
Box: 16	Folder : 4	Correspondence	1838
Box: 16	Folder : 5	Correspondence and diploma from Rensselaer Institute	1839
Box: 16	Folder : 6	Correspondence	1841 Jan.-1841 Jul.
Box: 16	Folder : 7	Correspondence	1841 Aug.-1841 Dec.
Box: 16	Folder : 8	Correspondence	1842 Jan.-1842 Jun.
Box: 16	Folder : 9	Correspondence	1842 Aug.-1842 Dec.
Box: 16	Folder : 10	Correspondence	1843 Jan.-1843 Apr.
Box: 16	Folder : 11	Commission as midshipman signed by President Tyler	1843
Box: 16	Folder : 12	Correspondence	1843May-1843 Aug.
Box: 16	Folder : 13	Correspondence	1843 Sep.-1843 Dec.
Box: 17	Folder : 1	Correspondence	1844 Jan.-1844 Apr.
Box: 17	Folder : 2	Correspondence: "Visa" and Rome	1844 May-1844 Dec.
Box: 17	Folder : 3	Correspondence	1845
Box: 17	Folder : 4	Correspondence, proclamation to the inhabitants of California, list of cargo (2)	1846
Box: 17	Folder : 5	Correspondence: general orders	1847
Box: 17	Folder : 6	Correspondence, exams in U.S. Naval School	1848 Jan.-1848 Aug.
Box: 17	Folder : 7	Correspondence	1848 Sep.-1848 Dec.
Box: 18	Folder : 1	Correspondence	undated, circa 1840 Jan.-1850 May
Box: 18	Folder : 2	Correspondence	circa 1840 Jun.-1850 Aug.
Box: 18	Folder : 3	Correspondence	circa 1840 Sep.-1850 Dec.
Box: 18	Folder : 4	Correspondence	1849
Box: 18	Folder : 5	Correspondence	1850-1851
Box: 18	Folder : 6	Correspondence	1852
Box: 18	Folder : 7	Correspondence	1853
Box: 18	Folder : 8	Correspondence	1854
Box: 18	Folder : 9	Correspondence	1856-1857
Box: 18	Folder : 10	Correspondence	1858
Box: 19	Folder : 1	Correspondence	undated, circa 1850 Jan.-1860 Jun.
Box: 19	Folder : 2	Correspondence	circa 1850 Jul.-1860 Dec.
Box: 19	Folder : 3	Correspondence	1859
Box: 19	Folder : 4	Correspondence: receipt	1860
Box: 19	Folder : 5	Correspondence: newspaper clipping	1861
Box: 19	Folder : 6	Correspondence	1862
Box: 19	Folder : 7	Correspondence, calling cards	undated
Box: 19	Folder : 8	Correspondence	undated
Box: 19	Folder : 9	Correspondence: poems	undated
Box: 19	Folder : 10	Misc. portraits, address and oration, memorial address	undated
Box: 20	Folder :	Boats signals: U. S. Frigate Columbia	1843
Box: 20	Folder :	Journal	1839 Aug.-1839 Oct.
Box: 20	Folder :	Journal	undated
Box: 20	Folder :	Writings	undated
Box: 20	Folder :	Travel journal, Exercise of Great Guns	undated
Box: 20	Folder :	Journal of John Van Ness Philip aboard U. S. Recog. Ship Columbus and U. S. Frigate Columbia	1841-1842
Box: 20	Folder :	Journal of John Van Ness Philip	1842-1843
Box: 20	Folder :	Journal of John Van Ness Philip aboard U. S. S. Columbia	1843
Box: 20	Folder :	Journal, notes, and calculations of John Van Ness Philip	1844-1845
Box: 21	Folder :	Diary	1849 Jun.-1849 Oct.
Box: 21	Folder :	Log book	1845-1846
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Series IV: John Van Ness Philip (d. 1862)

Scope and Contents note