Hubert S. Smith Naval letters and documents, 1458-1915 (majority within 1746-1915)
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- Restrictions:
- The collection is open for research.
Summary
- Creator:
- Smith, Hubert Stacy, 1888-1946
- Abstract:
- The Hubert S. Smith Naval Letters and Documents collection is made up of individual manuscripts relating to naval and commercial maritime operations.
- Extent:
- 2 linear feet
- Language:
- English
- Sponsor:
- Hubert S. Smith Naval Collection
- Authors:
- Collection processed and finding aid created by Jayne Ptolemy, 2014
Background
- Scope and Content:
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The Hubert S. Smith Naval Letters and Documents collection is made up of over 380 manuscript letters and documents relating to maritime military, commercial, financial, and legal subjects from the 15th to the 20th centuries, primarily concerning Great Britain and America. The collection includes materials relating to Continental European wars, the American Revolution, the African slave trade, the Civil War, and exploratory ventures. The collection also reflects day-to-day ship operations and naval employment, diplomacy, marine technology, the purchase and sale of ships, insurance, and publications and books relating to maritime affairs. While primarily focused on English and American navies, the contributors discuss a wide variety of places, including continental Europe, the Baltic region, Russia, Asia, Turkey, South America, and Africa.
- Biographical / Historical:
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Hubert Stacy Smith was born in Bay City, Michigan, in 1888 and graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He worked in multiple industries and married Mary B. Parker in 1915; they had four children. Hubert and Mary Smith returned to Bay City in 1920, where he fostered his passions for sailing, maritime and naval history, and book collecting. After his death in 1946, Mary Smith donated his extensive naval history collection of books and manuscripts to the William L. Clements Library.
The Hubert S. Smith Naval Letters and Documents collection is made up of individual manuscripts relating to naval and maritime commercial operations, largely in connection to Great Britain and America from the mid-eighteenth century to the late nineteenth century.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donated by Mary Parker Smith, 1954, Louise T. Miller Estate, 1964, et al. M-949, M-1321, et al. .
- Processing information:
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Cataloging funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). This collection has been processed according to minimal processing procedures and may be revised, expanded, or updated in the future.
- Arrangement:
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The Hubert S. Smith Naval Letters and Documents collection is arranged in two chronological series, with undated materials at the end of both. The second series was the gift of the Mrs. Louise T. Miller estate.
- Rules or Conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)
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Bibliography
Of Sea and Sail: An Exhibition from the Hubert S. Smith Collection in the Clements Library. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 1955.
Partial Contributor List:- Allen, Sylvester.
- Ammen, Daniel, 1820-1898.
- Andrew, John A. (John Albion), 1818-1867.
- Andrews, Edmund.
- Andrews, John.
- Anglesey, Arthur Annesley, Earl of, 1614-1686.
- Armstrong, James, 1794-1868.
- Armstrong, William M.
- Aulick, John H.
- Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867.
- Bailey, Theodorus, 1805-1877.
- Bainbridge, William, 1774-1833.
- Barrett, Edward.
- Barron, James, 1769-1851.
- Barry, John, 1745-1803.
- Bartlett, John R. (John Russell), 1843-.
- Belcher, C.
- Belcher, Edward, Sir, 1799-1877.
- Bell, Charles H., 1798-1875.
- Bettle, Samuel.
- Biddle, James, 1783-1848.
- Bispham, J. E.
- Blake, Joseph B.
- Bowen, Jabez, 1739-1815.
- Boyle, John.
- Braine, Daniel Lawrence.
- Brenton, Jahleel.
- Brinkerhoff, George.
- Brodhead, John Romeyn, 1814-1873.
- Brooke, George Mercer.
- Broughton, Nicholas.
- Brown, S. P.
- Buddicum, William.
- Bueil, Jean de, comte de Sancerre, 1406-1477.
- Byng, George Torrington.
- Byng, John, 1704-1757.
- Caldwell, Charles Henry Bromedge, 1823-1877.
- Casey, Silas, 1841-1913.
- Chadwick, French Ensor, 1844-1919.
- Chandler, Ralph.
- Channel, Abraham.
- Chaplin, William.
- Chastellux, Francois Jean, marquis de, 1734-1788.
- Chauncey, Isaac, 1772-1840.
- Chisley, Thomas.
- Cooke, Andrew B.
- Coulter, Mifflin.
- Coventry, Henry, 1619-1686.
- Cowles, Wm. S. (William Sheffield), 1846-1923.
- Cram, J. H.
- Crane, William Montgomery, 1784-1846.
- Craven, Thomas, 1808-1887.
- Craven, Tunis A. M., 1813-1864.
- Cushing, William Barker, 1842-1874.
- Dah, John B.
- Dale, Richard, 1756-1826.
- Davis, Charles Henry, 1807-1877.
- Day, Sarah.
- Decatur, Stephen, 1779-1820.
- Denison, Elisha.
- Dewey, George, 1837-1917.
- Dickenson, John Dean, 1767-1841.
- Dickerson, Mahlon, 1770-1853.
- Digby, Robert, 1732-1815.
- Douglas, Andrew Snape.
- Downes, John, 1784-1854.
- Egaña, Juan, 1768-1836.
- Ellery, William, 1727-1820.
- Elliott, Gilbert.
- Elphinstone, George Keith, 1746-1823.
- Evans, Robley D. (Robley Dunglison), 1846-1912.
- Fairfax, A. B.
- Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870.
- Farragut, Virginia Loyall.
- Ferguson, James.
- Fitch, Le Roy, 1835-1875.
- Fitzwilliam, William Wentworth Fitzwilliam, Earl, 1748-1833.
- Ford, A. (Augustus)
- Forsyth, James.
- Foster, Edward.
- Franklin, John, 1786-1848.
- Freelon, Thomas W.
- Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815.
- Ganteaume, Honore Joseph Antonin.
- Goldsborough, Louis Malsherbes, 1805-1877.
- Gordon, Arthur.
- Gordon, James Alexander, Sir, 1782-1869.
- Grasse, Francois Joseph Paul de Grasse, comte de, 1722-1788.
- Graves, Thomas Graves, 1725?-1802.
- Great Britain. Vice-Admiralty Courts.
- Gregory, Francis H., 1789-1866.
- Griswold, John A. (John Augustus), 1818-1872.
- Hamilton, John.
- Hardy, Charles, Sir, 1716?-1780.
- Hardy, Thomas Masterman, Sir, 1769-1839.
- Harris, John.
- Harrison, Neil M.
- Harvey, Eliab.
- Harwood, A. A. (Andrew Allen), 1802-1884.
- Hayne, A. P. (Arthur Peronneau)
- Hazelwood, John.
- Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799.
- Henshaw, David, 1791-1852.
- Hill, Frederick.
- Hogan, Michael, 1766-1833.
- Holroyd, John
- Hood, Henry.
- Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816.
- Hopner, Charles C.
- Hove, George Mason.
- Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799.
- Hull, C. F.
- Hull, Isaac, 1773-1843.
- Hummel, Jacob Otto.
- Jennings, John.
- Jephson, Richard Mountney.
- Johnson, Thomas, 1732-1819.
- Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792.
- Jones, Thomas Ap Catesby, 1790-1858.
- Kearny, Lawrence, 1789-1868.
- Keats, Richard Goodwin.
- Kendall, Edward Nicholas, 1800-1845.
- Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786.
- Knell, William.
- Knowles, Charles, Sir, 1704?-1777.
- Lamb, Andrew.
- Lanman, Joseph, 1811-1874.
- Langdon, John, 1741-1819.
- Langham, Arthur.
- Lapenotiere, John Richards, 1770-1834.
- Le Blanc, Charles.
- Lincoln, Amos.
- Livingston, Henry Beekman, 1750-1831.
- Long, John Davis, 1838-1915.
- Lovett, Benjamin.
- Lyons, A. (Algernon MacLennan), 1833-1908.
- McCauley, Charles Stewart.
- McIntosh, James M.
- Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer), 1840-1914.
- Malone, Samuel B.
- Mansfield, Isaac.
- March, John.
- Marston, John, 1796-1885.
- Mason, John Y. (John Young), 1799-1859.
- Matoon, S.
- Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873.
- Meade, Richard W. (Richard Worsam), 1837-1898.
- Mendum, Nathaniel.
- Mercer, Samuel.
- Mervine, William.
- Milne, Alexander, 1806-1896.
- Morris, Charles, 1754-1856.
- Moylan, Stephen, 1731-1811.
- Mozart, J. G.
- Nassau-Siegen, Charles Henri Nicolas Otton, prince de, 1745-1808.
- Nicolas, Nicholas Harris, Sir, 1799-1848.
- Nicolson, John B., 1783-1846.
- Nye, Samuel, 1749-1834.
- O'Hara, Charles.
- Page, Hugh Nelson.
- Paget, Charles, Sir.
- Paine, Amasa.
- Paine, W.
- Parker, Hyde, 1739-1807.
- Parkman, Francis, 1823-1893.
- Pastorius, Abraham.
- Patterson, C. P. (Carlile Pollock), 1816-1881.
- Patterson, Daniel Todd, 1786-1839.
- Paulding, Hiram, 1797-1878.
- Paulding, James Kirke, 1778-1861.
- Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858.
- Peyton, Joseph.
- Phelps, Seth Ledyard, -1885.
- Pickerin, Thomas.
- Piercy, William P.
- Pike, Daniel P.
- Pinkham, Alexander Bunker, 1792-.
- Pinkham, R. R.
- Porter, David, 1780-1843.
- Porter, David D. (David Dixon), 1813-1891.
- Powell, Levin M ., 1800-1885.
- Preble, Edward, 1761-1807.
- Preble, George Henry, 1816-1885.
- Provost, John B.
- Radford, William, 1809-1890.
- Raguet, Condy, 1784-1842.
- Ramsay, Francis M. (Francis Munroe), 1835-1914.
- Ramsay, William Wilson.
- Randolph, Richard Bland.
- Reed, Thomas.
- Robinson, Robert Spencer.
- Robinson, William.
- Rodgers, C. R. P. (Christopher Raymond Perry), 1819-1892.
- Rodgers, John, 1773-1838.
- Rodney, George Brydges Rodney, Baron, 1719-1792.
- Rupert, Prince, Count Palatine, 1619-1682.
- St. Vincent, John Jervis, Viscount, 1735-1823.
- Sands, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1811-1883.
- Sawyer, Horace Bucklin, 1797-1860.
- Schley, Winfield Scott, 1839-1911.
- Scott, John.
- Sebastian, Benjamin.
- Selfridge, Thomas Oliver, 1804-1902.
- Shaler, William, 1778?-1833.
- Shubrick, Edward Rutledge, 1793-1844.
- Shubrick, William Branford, 1790-1874.
- Shufeldt, Robert W. (Robert Wilson), 1850-1934.
- Sigsbee, Charles D. (Charles Dwight), 1845-1923.
- Smith, Robert, 1757-1842.
- Smith, W. Sidney (William Sidney), Sir, 1764-1840.
- Sproat, P. W.
- Stewart, Charles, 1778-1869.
- Stotesbury, Edwin Townsend, 1849-1938.
- Sturgis, Josiah.
- Sullivan, William, 1774-1839.
- Swift, John.
- Talbot, Silas, 1751-1813.
- Taylor, T. M.
- Temple, William G. (William Grenville), 1824-1894.
- Thatcher, Henry Knox, 1806-1880.
- Tingey, Thomas, 1750-1829.
- Tinslar, B. R.
- Troubridge, Thomas.
- Twiggs, Pricilla Decataur.
- Tyler, Charles.
- Tyron, Moses.
- Underwood, E. B.
- Wainwright, Richard D.
- Warrington, L. (Lewis), 1782-1851.
- Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878.
- Whidden, Michael.
- Whitehead, Fred W.
- Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877.
- Wilkinson, S. W.
- Willing, R.
- Winkle, Joseph.
- Winston, D.
- Wiswall, Samuel.
- Woolsey, William G.
- Wooster, Charles W. (Charles Whiting), 1780-1849.
- Young, William.
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Subjects
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- Subjects:
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African American sailors.
Commerce.
Courts-martial and courts of inquiry.
Impressment.
Marine insurance.
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815.
Naval architecture.
Naval battles.
Naval discipline.
Naval law.
Naval officer.
Naval stores.
Naval warfare.
Piracy.
Prisoner of war.
Privateering.
Sailors.
Shipping.
Signals and signaling.
Sailing.
Warships.
Signals and signaling. - Formats:
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Bills of sale.
Essays.
Invoices.
Journals (accounts)
Legal documents.
Letters (correspondence)
Orders (military records)
Receipts (financial records)
Treatises. - Places:
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Great Britain--Foreign Relations.
Great Britain-- History-- Civil War, 1642-1649.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
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Using These Materials
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The collection is open for research.
- USE & PERMISSIONS:
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Copyright status is unknown
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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Hubert S. Smith Naval Letters and Documents, Hubert S. Smith Naval Collection, William L. Clements Library, The University of Michigan