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Collection Manuscript/Mixed Material Matthew Fontaine Maury Papers

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Title

  • Matthew Fontaine Maury Papers

Summary

  • Correspondence, letterbooks, diaries, journals, speeches, writings, articles, notebooks, electrical experiment book, charts, printed matter, and other papers relating chiefly to Maury's naval career, scientific activities and interests, service as a Confederate agent in England, and work as an immigration official for Southern expatriates in Mexico and to the Maury family. Documents Maury's service as a midshipman in the U.S. Navy in the 1820s and 1830s and as superintendent of the U.S. Depot of Charts and Instruments and of the U.S. Naval Observatory between 1842 and 1861. Also documents his resignation as an officer of the U.S. Navy and commission as commander in the Confederate navy in 1861. Subjects include meteorology, mines, oceanography, torpedoes, and the physical geography of Virginia. Includes papers of C. Alphonso Smith regarding Maury and a typescript of a life of Maury by Catherine Cate Coblentz.
  • Family correspondents include Maury's wife Ann Maury; his children: Matthew Fontaine Maury Jr., Richard L. Maury, Mary Werth, Eliza Withers, and Nannie Corbin and her husband, Wellford Corbin; his cousins, Ann Maury (1803-1876) and Rutson Maury; and his kinsman, Franklin Minor. Correspondents include William M. Blackford; William C. Hasbrouck; Nathaniel J. Holmes; Marin H. Jansen; Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico; James Hervey Otey; Francis H. Smith; and F.W. Tremlett.

Names

  • Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873
  • Coblentz, Catherine Cate, 1897-1951
  • Smith, C. Alphonso (Charles Alphonso), 1864-1924

Headings

  • -  Blackford, William M.,--1801-1864--Correspondence
  • -  Corbin, Nannie,--1837-1900--Correspondence
  • -  Corbin, Wellford,--1835-1897--Correspondence
  • -  Hasbrouck, William C.,--1800-1870--Correspondence
  • -  Holmes, Nathaniel J.,--approximately 1821---Correspondence
  • -  Jansen, Marin H.--(Marin Henry),--1817-1893--Correspondence
  • -  Maury, Ann,--1803-1876--Correspondence
  • -  Maury, Ann,--1811-1901--Correspondence
  • -  Maury, Matthew Fontaine,--Jr.,--1849-1886--Correspondence
  • -  Maury, Richard L.--(Richard Lancelot),--1840-1907--Correspondence
  • -  Maury, Rutson,--1805-1882--Correspondence
  • -  Maximilian,--Emperor of Mexico,--1832-1867--Correspondence
  • -  Minor, Franklin,--1812-1867--Correspondence
  • -  Otey, James Hervey,--1800-1863--Correspondence
  • -  Smith, Francis H.--(Francis Henney),--1812-1890--Correspondence
  • -  Tremlett, F. W.--(Francis William),--1821-1913--Correspondence
  • -  Werth, Mary,--1844-1928--Correspondence
  • -  Withers, Eliza,--1846-1881--Correspondence
  • -  Confederate States of America.--Navy--Officers
  • -  United States.--Navy--Officers
  • -  United States.--Depot of Charts and Instruments
  • -  United States Naval Observatory
  • -  American Confederate voluntary exiles--Mexico
  • -  Diplomatic and consular service, Confederate--Great Britain
  • -  Meteorology
  • -  Mines and mineral resources
  • -  Oceanography
  • -  Physical geography--Virginia
  • -  Science--History--19th century
  • -  Torpedoes
  • -  Confederate States of America--Foreign relations--Great Britain
  • -  Confederate States of America--History, Naval
  • -  Great Britain--Foreign relations--Confederate States of America
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Refugees
  • -  Maury family
  • -  Maury family--Correspondence

Notes

  • -  Arranged in six series. Series 1: General Correspondence, 1825-1910; Series 2: Writings, Addresses, and Lectures, 1856-1872; Series 3: Letterbooks, 1859-1891; Series 4: Miscellany, 1836-1953; Series 5: Additions, circa 1831-1960; and Series 6: Oversize, 1855-1873, undated.
  • -  Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Matthew Fontaine Maury Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
  • -  Gift, Maury family, 1912.
  • -  Other gifts and purchase, 1913-1996.
  • -  Maps transferred to Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.
  • -  Naval officer and oceanographer.
  • -  Collection material in English.
  • -  Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001026

Medium

  • 14,650 items.
  • 64 containers plus 2 oversize.
  • 17.5 linear feet.

Repository

  • Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home

Library of Congress Control Number

  • mm79031682

Access Advisory

  • Open to research.

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Chicago citation style:

Maury, Matthew Fontaine, Catherine Cate Coblentz, and C. Alphonso Smith. Matthew Fontaine Maury Papers. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/collections/matthew-fontaine-maury-papers/about-this-collection/.

APA citation style:

Maury, M. F., Coblentz, C. C. & Smith, C. A. Matthew Fontaine Maury Papers. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/collections/matthew-fontaine-maury-papers/about-this-collection/.

MLA citation style:

Maury, Matthew Fontaine, Catherine Cate Coblentz, and C. Alphonso Smith. Matthew Fontaine Maury Papers. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/collections/matthew-fontaine-maury-papers/about-this-collection/>.