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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The papers of Andrew H. Foote, naval officer, were given to the Library of Congress by Kate N. Foote in 1911 and 1917. Small additions were purchased in 1941 and 1979, and another addition was given to the Library in 1992 by Madilyn E. Upton.
The papers of Andrew H. Foote were processed in 1984 by Audrey Walker. The finding aid was revised in 2003 by Patrick Kerwin. A commission signed by Abraham Lincoln was added as an oversize item in 2012. The finding aid was updated in 2024 by Maria Farmer as part of a division-wide remediation project by the Inclusive Description Working Group.
A photograph has been transferred to the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress where it is identified as a part of these papers.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Andrew H. Foote is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of Andrew H. Foote are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
A microfilm edition of these papers is available on five reels. Consult reference staff in the Manuscript Division concerning availability for purchase or interlibrary loan. To promote preservation of the originals, researchers are required to consult the microfilm edition as available.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container or reel number, Andrew H. Foote Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of Andrew Hull Foote (1806-1863) span the years 1822-1890, with the bulk of the material dating from 1847 to 1857. The collection consists of correspondence, letterbooks, Foote's manuscript of
The Foote Papers center around two extended cruises in which Foote commanded vessels in
United States naval squadrons patrolling the coast of Africa and the seas of China and
the East Indies. Between 1849 and 1851, Foote commanded the
Correspondence relating to the cruise of the
Foote's papers also document his tour of duty as commander of the
Many of the letters in the correspondence series are copies, some of which appear to have been part of a letterbook or other paginated units. At some point the paginated sequence of this part of the Foote Papers was partially destroyed and has not been reconstructed here. Rather, these letters are now arranged in chronological order as far as possible.
Papers reflecting other phases of Foote's career are less numerous than those for the
two cruises. A letterbook, more properly a journal of his cruise aboard the U.S. frigate
The remaining volumes consist of a journal of Madison Rush, who was later a lieutenant
aboard the
Correspondents in the Foote Papers include James Armstrong, Thomas Biddle, Edward A. Blundell, James C. Dobbin, Samuel Francis 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.
The collection is arranged in six series:
*Microfilm shelf no. 18,988
Letters received and copies of letters sent with enclosures or attachments, and a few miscellaneous papers.
Arranged chronologically.
Manuscript of
Copies of letters received and sent.
Arranged chronologically. Volume 6 is primarily a journal. Volume 8 is indexed.
Journals, logbooks, watch and quarter station books, a book of rules, and a table of weather observations.
Arranged by name of ship or type of material.
A ledger and an autograph album.
Arranged by type of material.
Foote's commission as chief of the U.N. Navy Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting.