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1 Letter: John Paul Jones to Robert Morris, October 13, 1770; 1 item, positive photocopy Letter: John Paul Jones to Gouverneur Morris, September 2, 1782; 1 item, positive photocopy Pamphlet: John Paul Jones Autopsy Reports, 1965; 1 item, printed Letter: Rear Adm. A. T. Mahan, USN, to Rear Adm. S. B. Luce, USN, relative to his book, The Influence of Seapower upon History, January 1, 1886; 1 item, positive photocopy Letter: Lt. W. B. Cushing, USN, to Rear Adm. D. D. Porter, USN, October 13, 1864, reporting the destruction of the Confederate ram, Albemarle; 1 item, positive photocopy Letter: Comdr. W. H. Macomb, USN, to Rear Adm. D. D. Porter, USN, October 29, 1864, reporting the destruction of the Albemarle; 1 item, positive photocopy Letter: Rear Adm. David D. Porter, USN, to Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, November 1, 1864, forwarding the above two letters; 1 item, positive photocopy Letter: “Paul” [Joseph Paul Perry] to “My dear Mama”, written on USS North Carolina stationery, May 13, 1909; 1 item, manuscript Commission of Henry B. Watson as second lieutenant in the Marine Corps, October 5, 1836; 1 item, negative photocopy Commission of Henry B. Watson as first lieutenant in the Marine Corps, March 3, 1847; 1 item, negative photocopy Action reports of ships named for the state or capital of North Carolina: USS North Carolina, Iwo Jima, March 13, 1945; 1 item, positive photocopy USS Raleigh, Bay, May 1, 1898; 1 item, positive photocopy USS Raleigh, , , July 10, 1898; 1 item, positive photocopy USS Raleigh, Pearl Harbor, December 13, 1941; 1 item, positive photocopy Histories of ships named for the state of and places in North Carolina, Navy Department, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Division of Naval History, Ship’s Histories Section, 1948-1957; 7 items, typescript: USS Albemarle

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1 (cont.) CSS Albemarle USS Asheville USS Charlotte USS North Carolina USS Raleigh Other materials re. ships named for the state of and places in North Carolina: Booklet: Ships by the Name of North Carolina, by John Richard Corbett, 1962 Pamphlet: “A Memento from Lieutenant Governor Robert W. Scott,” re. the first U.S. ship of the line, North Carolina Photograph: U.S. Ship North Carolina off Cape Horn, 1837 Navy Department histories of the USS Badger, USS Charles J. Badger, and USS George E. Badger; 3 items, typescript USS North Carolina (CA-12): photographs of ship, officers, and crew; booklet: Roster of Officers and Crew of the United States Ship North Carolina, ca. 1917; and booklet: U.S.S. North Carolina: Regulations on Transport Duty, n.d.; 4 items USS North Carolina (BB-55): programs, invitation, seating passes, buttons, and other materials relating to the launching, berthing, and dedication of the memorial ceremonies, 1940-1962; 11 items Published Materials: Book: The Showboat: BB55 U.S.S. North Carolina, [ca. 1947] Booklet: Aviation in the , 1961 Booklet: The Civil War at Sea: “The Nation Notes and Long Remembers,” n.d. Booklet (post-bound): Civil War Naval Chronology, 1861- 1865, 1961 Booklet: The Navy’s Historians, 1963 Booklet: The in the United States Navy, 1960 Booklet: The Submarine in the United States Navy, 1963 Booklet: United States Naval Aviation, 1898-1956, [1957] Three-ring binder: “USS Josephus Daniels: Command History, 08 May 1965 – 22 Jan 1994”

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MILITARY COLLECTION XVII. NAVAL PAPERS 2 Published Materials:

Booklet: A Visit to the Naval Air Technical Training Center, ca. 1943 Booklet: Cruise of the U.S.S. Saratoga, 1936 Booklet: Navy Log, yearbook of the Naval Air Technical Training Center, Memphis, class M-26, ca. 1943 Booklet: The Pacific Fleet the United States Navy under Command of Rear Hugh Rodman, 1919 Booklet: U.S.S. , At War in the , 1917- 1918

MISCELLANEOUS (OVERSIZED MATERIALS)

Accession information: transferred from the North Carolina Museum of History, Raleigh, on December 1, 1994; accessioned on March 15, 1995. Finding Aid prepared by: James O. Sorrell. Date: March 23, 1995. Location: stored in map case on Archives stack level 2A.

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1 "American : A Detailed Cross-Section of A Typical American Flat-Top" by Jim Ray, 1944. Produced with the Cooperation of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Air and the Bureau of Ships - U.S. Navy. 2 NavWarMap No. 1: The Mediterranean and (on reverse) NavWarMap No. 2: South China Sea Area. Distributed by the Educational Services Section, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Navy Department, Washington, D.C., 1944.