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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 William D. Salter, United States naval officer, were deposited in the Library of Congress by the Naval Historical Foundation in 1992. The deposit was converted to a gift in 1998.
The papers of William D. Salter were arranged and described in 1997. The finding aid was revised in 2009.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of William D. Salter is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of William D. Salter 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, William D. Salter Papers, Naval Historical Foundation Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of William D. Salter (1795-1869) span the years 1810-1869 with the bulk of the material dating from the 1830s to the 1850s. The papers primarily consist of correspondence, both naval and personal. There is one folder of correspondence with secretaries of the navy James C. Dobbin, William A. Graham, and John Pendleton Kennedy. One letter to Graham details Salter's opposition to the abolition of flogging in the navy. There are three folders of letters written by Salter to his wife as well as a journal addressed to his wife kept during an 1831 ocean trip from New York to Mobile Bay, Alabama. Various other naval documents, such as ship's regulations, food and spirits rations, and a detailed description of Veracruz, Mexico, including how to navigate a ship through its harbor, constitute the remainder of the collection.
This collection is arranged alphabetically by topic or type of material.