Author: William Henry GilmanPublisher:
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Category : Pacific Ocean
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Letters Written Home by William Henry Gilman of Exeter, New Hampshire
Author: William Henry GilmanPublisher:
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Category : Pacific Ocean
Languages : en
Pages : 112
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Merrimack, The Biography of a Steam Frigate
Author: Stephen Chapin KinnamanPublisher: Vernon Press
ISBN: 1622734491
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Merrimack is the biography of a warship, the U.S. Steam Frigate Merrimack. Her name has long been linked to the first duel of ironclads, an epic Civil War battle fought at Hampton Roads between the Monitor and Merrimack. But over time the myth of the Merrimack—actually the C.S.S. Virginia—displaced the memory of a magnificent antebellum U.S. Navy warship. The steam frigate Merrimack lost her identity. Nearly forgotten is the story of the original Merrimack, the namesake of a class of six powerful war steamers. When built she was the largest vessel in the U.S. Navy, the nation’s first screw-propelled frigate and the earliest major warship to be armed entirely with shell-firing guns. Her first commission took her on a tour of the principal naval stations of Europe. During her second commission, she served as flagship of the Navy’s Pacific Squadron, cruising the shores of Chile, Peru, Panama, Hawaii, Mexico and Nicaragua. Through the copious use of Merrimack’s deck logs, official correspondence, contemporary newspapers and journals, and original construction plans, the author’s research illuminates the mechanical issues and human interactions that indelibly shaped Merrimack’s brief career. The author provides an unparalleled glimpse into the day-to-day events that defined the life of an active antebellum warship. But Merrimack offers more than just a summary of the ship’s operational life. The author, a professional naval architect and marine engineer, dissects the origins of her design and compares the Merrimack class steam frigates to contemporary U.S. and British warships. He also examines the controversy surrounding her troubled engines, documenting their performance using archived drawings and steam log data. In summary, Merrimack embraces the many threads of a bygone era—history, biography, geography and technology—and has woven them together in telling of the story of the U.S. Steam Frigate Merrimack.
History of the Town of Exeter, New Hampshire
Author: Charles Henry BellPublisher:
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Category : Exeter (N.H.)
Languages : en
Pages : 594
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Bulletin of the Phillips Exeter Academy
Author: Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 540
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A List of lost alumni published as supplement to v. 12 and v. 16.
History of Exeter, New Hampshire
Author: Charles Henry BellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 618
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Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut
Author: William Richard CutterPublisher:
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Category : Connecticut
Languages : en
Pages : 674
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The Granite Monthly
Author: Henry Harrison MetcalfPublisher:
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Category : New Hampshire
Languages : en
Pages : 416
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The Congregationalist and Christian World
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Category : Congregational churches
Languages : en
Pages : 1026
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American Homes and Gardens
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Category : Architecture, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 704
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Author: Conrad Reno