General orders.
Published: 1861
Language: eng
Subjects: United States. Navy -- Regulations.; Courts-martial and courts of inquiry -- United States.
Notes: Title from handwritten slip on cover.
A made-up collection of 123 Navy Dept. documents (chiefly, but not exclusively, General orders) issued between Mar. 29, 1861, and Dec. 6, 1865. Some are in the form of pen-and-ink transcriptions; in other cases the printed documents themselves are mounted on stubs.
The last 2 leaves, containing ms. data on 51 ships, are captioned "Vessels chartered for 'Bank's [i.e. Banks's] Expedition' by C. Vanderbilt, special agent, 186[4?]".
Gift of Blair House, Mar. 31, 1989.