Letters to the Editor of the United Service Journal, 1829-1837

Summary

Creator:

Anonymous

Abstract:

The collection consists of letters and essays submitted to the editor of the United Service Journal for publication, principally regarding British naval and military matters.

Extent:

54 items

Language:

English

Sponsor:

Hubert S. Smith Naval Collection

Authors:

Collection processed and finding aid created by Jayne Ptolemy, 2014

Background

Scope and Content:

The collection consists of letters and essays submitted to the editor of the United Service Journal for publication, principally regarding British naval and military matters. Topics range from naval architecture, technology, and weaponry, to histories of naval and specific military engagements and defenses of individual persons. The letters also regard such matters as the recovery of the HMS Thetis off the Brazilian coast, charities and education efforts, discipline, piracy, officer promotions, and military mortality in Canada. Several letters reference disagreements over articles published in the United Service Journal.

Biographical / Historical:

The United Service Journal and Naval and Military Magazine was an English periodical intended for both a general audience and a more specialized readership of naval and military personnel. Printing submissions "on every branch of knowledge connected with the Naval and Military services," the United Service Journal aimed to "chronicle the achievements, record the services, and embody the suggestions of men whose examples are illustrious, and of those who emulate such models." It later adopted the name The United Service Magazine.

Acquisition Information:

Donated by Mary Parker Smith, 1954. M-949 .

Processing information:

Cataloging funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). This collection has been processed according to minimal processing procedures and may be revised, expanded, or updated in the future.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged alphabetically by author’s last name.

Rules or Conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

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Additional Descriptive Data:

Bibliography

The United Service Journal and Naval and Military Magazine. Volume 1, Part 1. London: Henry Colburn, 1829.

Contributor Index:

• Alexander, M.
• Allardyce, Henry W.
• Bland, William, Jr.
• Bothway, Joseph.
• Bowie, Robert.
• Dickinson, Thomas.
• Dickson, W. H.
• Dory, John.
• Eastman, John.
• Fairbairn, Henry.
• Falls, Thomas.
• Fleming, R. W.
• Foote, John.
• Fyers, Edward.
• Gilbert, J. A.
• Gould, Nathaniel.
• Graham, P.
• Hayes, John.
• Lewis, J.
• Mackie, William.
• Manderson, J.
• Marshall, James.
• Mason, Francis.
• Maw, Henry Lister.
• Miles, A. M.
• Napier, Henry Edward.
• Newall, Robert Sterling, 1812-1889.
• Ricketts, William.
• Robinson, William.
• Scott, James, 1790?-1872.
• Smith, George.
• Sneyd, Clement.
• Somerville, G.
• Sulivan, Thomas Ball.
• Thomson, John Deas.
• Wilkinson, Henry.
• Williams, James.

Subjects

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Subjects:

Camperdown, Battle of, 1797.
Charity.
Charity-schools.
Cholera.
Corporal punishment.
Education--Great Britain.
Impressment.
Marine insurance.
Masts and rigging.
Military art and science--Periodicals.
Military tactics.
Monuments.
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Naval operations, British.
Naval architecture.
Naval art and science--Periodicals.
Naval discipline.
Navigation--Study and teaching.
Peru-Bolivian Confederation, War against the, 1837-1839.
Piracy--Prevention.
Promotions, Military.
Railroads--Great Britain.
Signals and signaling.
Slave trade--Africa.
Swimming--Study and teaching.
Weapons.
Boomerangs.

Formats:

Drawings (visual works)
Letters (correspondence)
Letters to the editor.
Reviews (document genre)

Names:

Great Britain. Royal Navy--Officers.
Royal Naval College (Great Britain)
Royal Naval Annuitant Society.

Places:

Great Britain--Colonies--Population.
Great Britain--History, Military.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.