Edmund Ross Colhoun papers
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1200
Subjects: Hartford (Ship); Albany (Sloop of war); United States. Navy. South Atlantic Squadron; St. Lawrence (Frigate); United States. Navy. Asiatic Squadron; United States. Navy. Naval Force, Asiatic Station; United States; Blockades; Congress (Frigate : 1841-1862); Foreign service; Ladona (Steamer); Naval operations; United States. Navy; United States. Navy. Mediterranean Squadron; Foreign relations; History
Description: Correspondence, journals, notebooks, official records, printed matter, photographs, and other papers relating to Colhoun's service with the U.S. Navy's Mediterranean Squadron and Brazil Squadron (also known as South Atlantic Squadron) prior to the Civil War, his Civil War service with blockade squadrons, and his service as commander of the USS Hartford (Sloop of war), flagship of the Asiatic Squadron.  Subjects include American diplomacy and naval strength in East Asia.  Includes records of the USS Albany (Sloop of war), USS Congress (Frigate), USS Ladona (Steamer), USS St. Lawrence (Frigate), and USS Saugus (Monitor).
Notes: Open to research.

Deposit, Naval Historical Foundation, 1950.

Converted to gift, 1998.

Naval officer.

Collection material in English.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and on Internet.

Register published by the Library of Congress, 1967.

Forms part of: Naval Historical Foundation collection.