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Collection material in English
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 Robert Lewright Browning (1803-1850), naval officer, and his two sons, Robert Lewright Browning (1835-1860), marine officer, and Charles Henry Browning, genealogist, were deposited in the Library of Congress by the Naval Historical Foundation in 1964 and converted to a gift in 1998.
The papers of the Browning family were arranged and described in 1979. The finding aid was revised in 2010.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of the Browning family is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of the Browning family 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.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Browning Family Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The Browning Family papers consist of papers of Robert Lewright Browning (1803-1850), naval officer, his wife, Eleanor Hanlon Browning (1809-1857), and their sons, Robert Lewright Browning (1835-1860), marine officer, and Charles Henry Browning (1846-1926), genealogist. The material spans the years from 1824 to 1917 with the bulk falling between 1835 and 1855. Included are private journals, a letterbook, correspondence, biographical file, holograph notes, newspaper clippings, and printed matter.
In a journal kept on the
In a letterbook of the elder Browning are letters written by Eleanor Hanlon Browning to her husband. The correspondence files contain a few orders to duty and official letters, but the majority of the items are letters from members of the family, naval officers, and civilian friends. Some of the correspondents are Richard Bache, Robert Buchanan, Caleb Cushing, Samuel Francis Du Pont, John S. Missroon, William Sinclair, Thomas D. Sumpter, and Alexander S. Wadsworth.
This collection is arranged alphabetically by type of material or name of person and therein chronologically.