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Kearsarge (U.S.S.) |
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Four Navy vessels carry the name. Originally went to sea in 1862. Named for the mountain in Merrimack County. Original ship bult at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Red oak planks used came from Mount Kearsarge area in New Hampshire. Ran aground on Roncador Reef north of Nicaragua and Honduras in 1894. Totally destroyed, but all crew saved. |
Number of Archive records |
10 |
Number of Library records |
24 |
Number of Object records |
4 |
Number of Photo records |
23 |
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Diaries of Supply Foss Trefethen, Jul. 12, 1856-Oct. 13, 1907. - pdf on web
Trefethen, Supply Foss, 1833-1907
Record Type: Library
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Fire on the Water: An Exhibition at the Portsmouth Athenaeum - E 3068 (Oversize)
Record Type: Library
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Men of granite : New Hampshire's soldiers in the Civil War - E520.4 .S53 2008
Shaffer, Duane E., 1954-
Record Type: Library
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Men of granite : New Hampshire's soldiers in the Civil War. - REF E520.4 .S53 2008
Shaffer, Duane E., 1954-
Record Type: Library
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MS022 B06 F07 - Luther A. Knight, indemnity
Indemnity "for clothing lost on the USS Kearsarge, February 10, 1894" with a balance due of $60.00 Gift of Allen L. Knight, Hampton, NH, 7/24/1989. He also gave five photographs of the USS Kearsarge, one showing Luther Knight and shipmates.
Record Type: Archive
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MS022 B09 F22 - U.S.S. Kearsarge, Records
Includes a record book of signal messages received and sent and a booklet giving directions for the use of the sails.
Record Type: Archive
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MS022 B09 F23 - U.S.S. Kearsarge, Records
Includes a record book of signal messages received and sent and a booklet giving directions for the use of the sails.
Record Type: Archive
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MS095 - Joseph W. P. Frost collection
The Joseph W. P. Frost collection consists primarily of research on Frost’s own family, collections related to the Frost family and research notes on other areas of interest to Joseph Frost. Frost was very interested in local history of Portsmouth, Kittery and the surrounding area. Research topics represented in this collection include Frost Genealogy, Pepperrell Genealogy, Elizabeth Royal, USS Kearsarge, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, and William Dean H...
Record Type: Archive
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On the old Kearsarge, a story of the civil war - PZ7 .B729 1909
Brady, Cyrus Townsend, 1861-1920.
Record Type: Library
