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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 Francis Winslow, naval officer, were deposited in the Library of Congress by the Naval Historical Foundation from 1969 to1989 and converted to a gift in 1998.
The papers of Francis Winslow were arranged and described in 1997. The finding aid was revised in 2007.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Francis Winslow is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of Francis Winslow 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, Francis Winslow Papers, Naval Historical Foundation Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of Francis Winslow (1818-1862) span the years 1833-1863 and parallel his naval career, which began with his appointment as a midshipman at age fifteen in 1833 and a cruise to Brazil in 1834 and ended in 1862 with his death at sea of yellow fever while commanding a gunboat. The collection, consisting mostly of correspondence, journals, and logs, is arranged alphabetically by type of material and thereunder chronologically.
General correspondence, all with his wife, Mary Nelson Winslow, or with other family members, is arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent. Elizabeth Winslow Pickering, addressed as "mother" in Winslow's correspondence with her, was an aunt who raised Winslow when his mother died during his infancy. J. J. Wilkins, whom Winslow addressed as "aunty" in correspondence, was his wife's aunt.
The letterbook documents Winslow's only independent commands of the
gunboats
The official correspondence, consisting of orders, appointments, notifications of promotions, letters from commanding officers, and a minor incident report, summarize Winslow's career from his appointment as midshipman in 1833 to his commission as a lieutenant in 1844.
A journal dated 1834-1837 covers Winslow's first cruise to South
America aboard the
A journal and log dated 1839-1842 is an account of Winslow's cruises
on the sloops-of-war
The oversize passport was issued by the United States consul at
Leghorn (Livorno, Italy) in 1851 during a period spanning 1849-1852 when
Winslow was cruising the Mediterranean aboard the frigate
In 1935 Winslow's son, Arthur, published
This collection is arranged alphabetically by type of material and therein chronologically.