Andrew H. Foote papers

LC control no.	mm 81020933
Type of material	Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)
Personal name	Foote, Andrew H. (Andrew Hull), 1806-1863. » More like this
Main title	Andrew H. Foote papers, 1822-1890 (bulk 1847-1857).
Related names	Rush, Madison, fl. 1845-1847. Madison Rush journal. 1845-1847. » More like this
Description	1,000 items. 11 containers plus 1 oversize. 5 microfilm reels. 4.4 linear feet.
Access advisory	Open to research.
Biography/History note	Naval officer.
Summary	Correspondence, letterbooks, manuscript of "Africa and the American Flag" (1854), journals, logbooks, ships' records, and other papers relating principally to Foote's naval career and to trade with Japan, Americans living in or engaged in commerce in China, Civil War naval actions, and Foote's personal life. Documents his cruise aboard the ship John Adams involved in a dispute among missionaries in Hawaii, his command (1842-1843) of the U.S. Naval Asylum, his command (1849-1851) of the U.S. brig Perry, U.S. Navy African Squadron, off the west coast of Africa in a joint effort with Great Britain to suppress the slave trade, and his command (1856-1858) of the sloop-of-war Portsmouth, U.S. East India Squadron, including material relating to the Battle of the Barrier Forts (1856) near Canton (Guangzhou), China. Also includes a journal (1845-1847) kept by Madison Rush on a cruise from New York to China and South America. Correspondents include James Armstrong, Thomas Biddle, Edward A. Blundell, James C. Dobbin, Samuel F. Du Pont, William A. Graham, Francis H. Gregory, George F. Hastings, Duncan N. Ingraham, John Lenthall, William L. Marcy, Levin M. Powell, William Ballard Preston, George C. Read, Joseph J. Roberts, Joseph Smith, Isaac Toucey, John Tudor, and Daniel Webster.
Notes	Photograph: transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Collection material in English. MSS20933
Finding aids	Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms005013>
Acquisition source	Gift, Kate N. Foote, 1911-1917. Gift, Madilyn E. Upton, 1992. Purchase, 1941-1979.
Additional formats	Microfilm edition available, no. 18,988. Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1984.
Subjects	Armstrong, James, 1794-1868--Correspondence. » More like this Biddle, Thomas, 1776-1857--Correspondence. » More like this Blundell, Edward A.--Correspondence. » More like this Dobbin, James C. (James Cochran), 1814-1857--Correspondence. » More like this Du Pont, Samuel Francis, 1803-1865--Correspondence. » More like this Graham, William A. (William Alexander), 1804-1875--Correspondence. » More like this Gregory, Francis H., 1789-1866--Correspondence. » More like this Hastings, George F.--Correspondence. » More like this Ingraham, Duncan N. (Duncan Nathaniel), 1802-1891--Correspondence. » More like this Lenthall, John, 1807-1882--Correspondence. » More like this Marcy, William L. (William Learned), 1786-1857--Correspondence. » More like this Powell, Levin M., 1800-1885--Correspondence. » More like this Preston, William Ballard, 1805-1862--Correspondence. » More like this Read, George C. (George Campbell), 1787-1862--Correspondence. » More like this Roberts, Joseph J. (Joseph Jenkins), 1809-1876--Correspondence. » More like this Smith, Joseph, 1790-1877--Correspondence. » More like this Toucey, Isaac, 1796-1869--Correspondence. » More like this Tudor, John, fl. 1840-1850--Correspondence. » More like this Great Britain. Royal Navy. » More like this United States. Naval Asylum. » More like this United States. Navy--Foreign service--China. » More like this United States. Navy--History--Civil War, 1861-1865. » More like this United States. Navy. African Squadron. » More like this United States. Navy. East India Squadron. » More like this John Adams (Ship) » More like this Perry (Brig) » More like this Portsmouth (Sloop of war) » More like this Americans--China. » More like this Barrier Forts, Battle of the, China, 1856. » More like this Missionaries--Hawaii. » More like this Ship's papers--19th century. » More like this Slave trade--Africa, West. » More like this Africa, West--Description and travel. » More like this Guangzhou (China) » More like this Fort Donelson, Battle of, Tenn., 1862. » More like this China--Commerce--United States. » More like this Japan--Commerce--United States. » More like this South America--Description and travel. » More like this Tennessee--History--Civil War, 1861-1865. » More like this United States--Commerce--History--19th century. » More like this United States--Commerce--China. » More like this United States--Commerce--Japan. » More like this United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations. » More like this Naval officers.
Local shelving no.	0626J Oversize 7:17 Microfilm 18,988-5N-5P
Repository	Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home>
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