CIVIL WAR NAVY USS SABINE COMMODORE PERRY JAPAN EXPEDITION DOCUMENT SIGNED 1864
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HENRY ALLEN ADAMS(1800 –1869)CIVIL WAR US NAVY COMMODORE, COMMANDER OF THE USS SABINE&CHIEF OF STAFF and SECOND-IN-COMMANDTO CAPTAIN MATTHEW C. PERRY DURING CAPTAIN PERRY'S FAMOUS 1852-1853 EXPEDITIONTO OPEN JAPAN TO THE WESTERN WORLD, and CARRYING THE TITLE OF "CAPTAIN OF THE FLEET."Adams also participatedin the Paraguay Expedition in October 1858, after that nation fired on UnitedStates ships. During the Civil War, in November 1861, Captain Adams directedthe rescue of some 500 ...marines and sailors off the coast of South Carolinaafter their ship founded in a violent storm. Adams was ultimately promoted toCommodore on July 16, 1862.HERE’S A CIVILWAR DATE DOCUMENT SIGNED BY ADAMS on “CommodoreHenry A. Adams, U.S.N., 323 Walnut Street” Letterhead, 1p., dated atPhiladelphia, Sept. 26, 1864, regarding the shipment of 505 tons of coal to theNavy at Tampa Bay, Florida on the Bark “Fannie.” Incl: “Thiscertifies that I have chartered the Bark Fannie of New York, to load with aCargo of Coal, on account of the United States Government, for the Senior NavalOfficer at Tampa Bay, Fla.” On theverso of the document signed by Adams is a lengthy itemized list of the ship’sstores on board (various items of food”), signed by the ship’s inspector, John R. Miller, certifying the ship’s stores as correct.The document isattached to the ship’s Manifest of the Cargo on board which indicates 505 tonsof Anthracite Steamer Coal.The Manifestdocument is signed by the Ship’s Master, Albert Carter and the Collector of Customs atthe Port of Philadelphia, S. Snyder Leidy!
Note: SIMON SNYDER LEIDY (1815-1875) served as a Civil War Captain in the20th Pennsylvania Infantry (The Emergency Troops of 1863)! The document signed by Adams measures 5 ½” x 8 ½” and is in very finecondition. The attached Manifest measures 14” x 8½” and is in VF condition.<><::><>BIOGRAPHY OF COMMODORE HENRYALLEN ADAMSHenry Allen Adams (Sr.) was a United States Naval Officer. He entered theUnited States Navy as a Midshipman on March 14, 1814, just prior to hisfourteenth birthday, and would go on to serve the next 48 years in the navalservice. He was promoted to Lieutenant on January 13, 1825, Commander on September8, 1814, and Captain on September 14, 1855. In 1852, while in command of the "USS Mississippi" in the EastIndia Squadron, he was assigned as Chief of Staff and second-in-command toCaptain Matthew C. Perry, serving in that duty during Captain Perry's famous1852-1853 expedition to open Japan to the Western world, and carrying the titleof "Captain of the Fleet". After the expedition reached Japan, heserved as chief negotiator with the Imperial government officials, due toCaptain Perry refusal to treat with anyone less imperial rank. When CaptainPerry successfully negotiated the Treaty of Kanagawa, and it was signed inMarch 1854, Captain Adams was detailed to take the signed treaty home on the"USS Saratoga" to the United States and present it for ratification. In August 1858 he was assigned to command the sailing frigate "USSSabine", and led it in its first cruise as it was part of the Americanshow of force against Paraguay in October 1858, after that nation fired onUnited States ships. He was still in command of the "USS Sabine" in April 1861 whenthe Civil War began. Stationed off Pensacola, Florida and in command of thenaval elements there, he received orders to land the forces of Army Captain IsraelVogdes to reinforce Fort Pickens on Santa Rosa Island. The fort, one of thelargest in the United States, was built to defend the entrance of the PensacolaHarbor and Navy Yard, and was crucial to keep the naval base there out ofConfederate hands. Captain Adams, however, did not recognize the order, sinceit came from an Army general, not the Navy department, and contradicted hislast standing orders from former Secretary of the Navy Isaac Toucey, who hadissued them in January 1861 during the last days of the BuchananAdministration. After sending a message to the present Secretary of the NavyGideon Welles for instructions, he received a response personally delivered insecret by Lieutenant John L. Worden (future commander of the famous ironclad "USSMonitor") to comply with the army directive. He then assisted the move toFort Pickens, which would remain in Union hands throughout the war. The shipwas then part of the initial blockade of the Southern ports, and in November1861 Captain Adams directed the rescue of some 500 marines and sailors off thecoast of South Carolina after their ship founded in a violent storm. Promoted to Commodore on July 16, 1862, he was placed on the Retired List, and spent the rest of his days officially "waiting orders." Commodore Adams died in 1869 at his residence in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I am a proud member of the Universal Autograph Collectors Club(UACC), The Ephemera Society of America, the Manuscript Society and theAmerican Political Items Collectors (APIC) (member name: John Lissandrello). Isubscribe to each organizations' code of ethics and authenticity is guaranteed.~Providing quality service and historical memorabilia online for over twentyyears.~
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Note: SIMON SNYDER LEIDY (1815-1875) served as a Civil War Captain in the20th Pennsylvania Infantry (The Emergency Troops of 1863)! The document signed by Adams measures 5 ½” x 8 ½” and is in very finecondition. The attached Manifest measures 14” x 8½” and is in VF condition.<><::><>BIOGRAPHY OF COMMODORE HENRYALLEN ADAMSHenry Allen Adams (Sr.) was a United States Naval Officer. He entered theUnited States Navy as a Midshipman on March 14, 1814, just prior to hisfourteenth birthday, and would go on to serve the next 48 years in the navalservice. He was promoted to Lieutenant on January 13, 1825, Commander on September8, 1814, and Captain on September 14, 1855. In 1852, while in command of the "USS Mississippi" in the EastIndia Squadron, he was assigned as Chief of Staff and second-in-command toCaptain Matthew C. Perry, serving in that duty during Captain Perry's famous1852-1853 expedition to open Japan to the Western world, and carrying the titleof "Captain of the Fleet". After the expedition reached Japan, heserved as chief negotiator with the Imperial government officials, due toCaptain Perry refusal to treat with anyone less imperial rank. When CaptainPerry successfully negotiated the Treaty of Kanagawa, and it was signed inMarch 1854, Captain Adams was detailed to take the signed treaty home on the"USS Saratoga" to the United States and present it for ratification. In August 1858 he was assigned to command the sailing frigate "USSSabine", and led it in its first cruise as it was part of the Americanshow of force against Paraguay in October 1858, after that nation fired onUnited States ships. He was still in command of the "USS Sabine" in April 1861 whenthe Civil War began. Stationed off Pensacola, Florida and in command of thenaval elements there, he received orders to land the forces of Army Captain IsraelVogdes to reinforce Fort Pickens on Santa Rosa Island. The fort, one of thelargest in the United States, was built to defend the entrance of the PensacolaHarbor and Navy Yard, and was crucial to keep the naval base there out ofConfederate hands. Captain Adams, however, did not recognize the order, sinceit came from an Army general, not the Navy department, and contradicted hislast standing orders from former Secretary of the Navy Isaac Toucey, who hadissued them in January 1861 during the last days of the BuchananAdministration. After sending a message to the present Secretary of the NavyGideon Welles for instructions, he received a response personally delivered insecret by Lieutenant John L. Worden (future commander of the famous ironclad "USSMonitor") to comply with the army directive. He then assisted the move toFort Pickens, which would remain in Union hands throughout the war. The shipwas then part of the initial blockade of the Southern ports, and in November1861 Captain Adams directed the rescue of some 500 marines and sailors off thecoast of South Carolina after their ship founded in a violent storm. Promoted to Commodore on July 16, 1862, he was placed on the Retired List, and spent the rest of his days officially "waiting orders." Commodore Adams died in 1869 at his residence in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I am a proud member of the Universal Autograph Collectors Club(UACC), The Ephemera Society of America, the Manuscript Society and theAmerican Political Items Collectors (APIC) (member name: John Lissandrello). Isubscribe to each organizations' code of ethics and authenticity is guaranteed.~Providing quality service and historical memorabilia online for over twentyyears.~
WE ONLY SELL GENUINE ITEMS, i.e., NO REPRODUCTIONS, FAKES OR COPIES!
