Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870

Letter from Alfred T. Mahan in New York City to W. H. Rideing, Esq. informing him that he has not written the article on David G. Farragut but the delay will not be long. This letter is dated March 29 and is likely to have been written sometime around 1893.

Letter to Mrs. Farragut regarding preparations for the Battle of Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864, from the USS Hartford.

Autographed letter signed to Paul Langdon Norfolk, Va., asking him to serve as his clerk in USS Brooklyn assigned to the Gulf of Mexico. Farragut states that the pay and the travel are not inducements, but he would be pleased if Langdon accepted. Farragut discusses his orders for a trial cruise and other candidates for captain's clerk.

Letter, May 1, 1862, from David Farragut to General Benjamin F. Butler. Written on board the Hartford off New Orleans, Louisiana and relating to the capture of the city.

Letter to Acting Ensign George Leonard, USS Katahdin, denying him permission to return north without a report from a board of medical officers.

Holograph letter to SECNAV Isaac Toucey, from USS Brooklyn, Chiriqui Lagoon, Panama, where he was on a special surveying mission. Reports on his activities and complains of his humiliation at waiting for Captain Engle, his junior, and acceding to his wishes regarding the survey.

Letter to Thomas H. Stevens, CO, USS Oneida, requesting information regarding a communication from the Bureau of Ordnance.

Signatures of members of U.S. Navy Court Martial Board and charges brought against Commodore T. Craven, Captain of the USS Niagara, Washington, D.C., November 7, 1865. With hand written note of RADM. Alexander A.S. Wotherspoon, USN (Ret.).

Letter to Controller William Broadheads, written on black-bordered stationery, regarding the collection of the sum of $2000 voted by Congress to pay for her husband's funeral expenses.