United States Exploring Expedition records, 1836-1842

MAV/FM4/4614-4640
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1836-1842

423512

27 microfilm reels of textual material - positive

The United States Exploring Expedition under the command of Charles Wilkes left U.S.A. Aug. 1838, returning July 1842. The ships in the expedition were the Flying Fish, Oregon, Peacock, Porpoise, Relief, Seagull and Vincennes. The expedition visited the Antarctic, Sydney Harbour, Bay of Islands, N.Z., various islands in the Pacific and areas on the coast of South America and U.S.A.

(1) Microfilm MAV/FM4/4614-4619: Letters received by the Secretary of the Navy relative to the expedition, 1836-1842. (2) Microfilm MAV/FM4/4620-4638: Journals and logs of the expedition, 1838-1842. (3) Microfilm MAV/FM4/4639-4640: Record of court-martial proceedings, held in the cases of Lieutenant John B. Dale, Robert E. Johnson, Robert F. Pinckney and others, 1838-1842. 'Contents', 'Introduction', 'Chronological List Covered by Journals on each Ship' and 'Landings of the Vessels in the Squadron' are to be found at the beginning of reel MAV/FM4/4614.

Original held by National Archives and Records Service, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.¶Detailed list at Micro. Ref. Bks. 7.2/4.

Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (5-334 C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011

Filmed by the National Archives and Records Service, Washington, D. C.