Brooke, John M. (John Mercer) 1826-1906

John M. Brooke's Pacific cruise and Japanese adventure, 1858-1860 by John M Brooke ( Book )
6 editions published in 1986 in English and held by 272 libraries worldwide

Ironclads and big guns of the Confederacy : the journal and letters of John M. Brooke by John M Brooke ( Book )
6 editions published between 2001 and 2002 in English and held by 184 libraries worldwide

Regulations of the Confederate States school-ship Patrick Henry by Confederate States of America ( Book )
1 edition published in 1863 in English and held by 29 libraries worldwide

The Virginia, or Merrimac; her real projector by John M Brooke ( Book )
1 edition published in 1891 in English and held by 17 libraries worldwide

Pilot chart of the North Atlantic by Matthew Fontaine Maury ( )
2 editions published between 1853 and 1857 in English and held by 4 libraries worldwide

Brooke journals ( Book )
2 editions published in 1961 in English and held by 3 libraries worldwide

John M. Brooke papers, 1859-1898 by John M Brooke ( )
in English and held by 1 library worldwide
Letters, 1861-1863, from Brooke to his wife; letters, 1896 and 1898, from Barton H. Wise to Brooke; Brooke's diary, 1859-1860, at Yokohama, Japan; and his nautical log and personal diary, February-March 1860, kept while he sailed to California on a Japanese ship, the Kanrin Maru, which was on a diplomatic mission to the United States. Letters from Brooke to his wife, Elizabeth (Lizzie) Seldon Garnett Brooke, concern his daughter's illness and other family matters; letters from Barton H. Wise ask whether Brooke consulted Commodore James Barron's "Model of an Ironclad" when Brooke helped Mallory develop the "Merrimac." The diary Brooke kept in Yokohama reports his work and social activities, and describes Yokohama and the Japanese people with whom Brooke had contact. The diary Brooke kept on board the Japanese ship records position and winds, events on shipboard, physical descriptions of Japanese officers, necessary Japanese phrases, observations on discipline and organization of the Japanese crew, and comments on the ship's history and equipment.

Papers of the Rives family (1777) 1822-1945 ( Book )
in English and held by 1 library worldwide
The collection contains correspondence, diaries, financial and legal papers, biographical material, photographs, clippings and memorabilia. The correspondence discusses genealogy, A.L. Rives' studies at the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées and his work for the Richmond and Danville Railroad Co., and Amélie Rives Troubetzkoy's 1914 London trip. The financial and legal papers contain a copy of the 1777 will of William Rives of Sussex County and bills from French tradesmen. Genealogical papers trace the Belling, Macmurdo, Page, Starke, Rivers, and Walker families, and biographical material contains information on W.C. Rives, A.L. Rives and Amélie Rives Troubetzkoy. Two childhood journals, 1874 and 1879 of Amélie Rives are present as are her marriage service book, 1896, horoscopes, and clippings regarding her two husbands and her literary career. Of interest is a petition to Napoleon III regarding the arbitration of claims against the American ship General Armstrong. The collection also contains calling cards, passports, invitations, and a poetry album.

Papers, 1785-1865 by Tazewell family ( )
in English and held by 1 library worldwide
These photostats are various commissions, military and civil, from governors of Virginia to Henry Tazewell, his son, Littleton Waller, and his son-in-law, Edmund Bradford. Letters from Anne E. Tazewell Bradford to her sister Sarah (Sally) Tazewell, give her impressions of the last days of the Civil War.

Semmes Battery and vicinity, Chesterfield County, Virginia, 1864 by Charles J Ost ( )
1 edition published in 1864 in English and held by 1 library worldwide