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Metropolitan Steamship Co. ship "General Whitney" lithograph
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Accession: 2012-233
Abstract:
The Metropolitan Steamship Co. was a steamship line which provided service between Boston and New York and later between San Francisco and Los Angeles. This item is a prnt of the steamship "General Whitney" from the Metropolitan Steamship Co.'s Outside Line between New York and Boston.
Dates:
circa 1870-1880
U.S. Steam Frigate "Wabash", Flagship of Rear Admiral DuPont lithograph
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Accession: 1982-290
Abstract:
Samuel Francis du Pont (1803-1865) was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy and fought in the Mexican-American War and the Civil War. At the start of the Civil War du Pont was appointed a senior member of the Commission of Conference to establish naval operations for the North. du Pont was put in charge of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron and broke his flag on the U.S.S. Wabash. This item is a hand-colored lithograph of the U.S.S. Wabash at sea.
Dates:
circa 1861
