Charles Wilkes papers

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subjects: Correspondence,  Commerce,  United States. Navy. James River Flotilla,  United States. Navy. West India Squadron,  United States. Navy. Potomac Flotilla,  Trent Affair, 1861,  Cholera,  Tides,  Meteorology,  Discovery and exploration,  Politics and government,  Maps,  United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842),  Observations,  Confederate States of America. Navy,  Scientific expeditions,  Confederate States of America,  Naval operations,  Astronomy,  United States,  History

People: William Compton Bolton (d. 1849),  John Slidell (1793-1871),  Louis Agassiz (1807-1873),  George Brinton McClellan (1826-1885),  Fred D. Stuart,  J. M. Mason (1798-1871),  John Wilkes (1827-1908),  James Dwight Dana (1813-1895),  Mary Lynch Bolton Wilkes,  Asa Gray (1810-1888),  Wilkes family,  Eliza Wilkes,  Joseph Drayton,  Jane Renwick Wilkes (d. 1843),  Jane Wilkes,  Gideon Welles (1802-1878)

Places: United States,  Antarctica,  Oceania,  Germany,  Hawaii

Times: Civil War, 1861-1865,  1861-1865