National Archives Microfilm Series

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The National Archives in Washington, DC, has copied hundreds of thousands of its documents onto microfilm and assembled them into useful categories.  A number of these series are related to the creation and operation of the U. S. Navy from its earliest days.  Many of these have been researched and the material relating to USS Constitution assembled here. Particularly pertinent documents are transcribed verbatim; routine administrative correspondence has been paraphrased to save space.


M0074             Tench Coxe Letters

M0089             Letters from Squadron Commanders to the Secretary of the Navy

M0105             Letterbook of James Lawerenceletters_docs/m0105.html

M0118             Preble’s History of the Boston Navy Yard

M0124             Miscellaneous Letters Received by the Secretary of the Navy

M0125             Letters from Captains to the Secretary of the Navy

M0147             Letters from Commanders to the Secretary of the Navy

M0148             Letters from Junior Officers to the Secretary of the Navy

M0149             Letters to Officers from the Secretary of the Navy

M0209             Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the Secretary of the Navy

M0273             Court Martial Records

M0330             Officers’ Records Abstracts

M0441             Letters to Commandants and Navy Agents from the Secretary of the Navy

M0472             Letters to the President and other Executive Branch Officials

M0480             Letters to Bureau Chiefs from the Secretary of the Navy

M0518             Letters from Bureau Chiefs to the Secretary of the Navy

M0528             Letters from Navy Agents and Commandants to the Secretary of the Navy

M0625             Area Files

M0739             War Department Letters

M0945             Letters Sent By The Superintendent Of The Naval Academy (I)

M0994             Letters Sent By The Superintendent Of The Naval Academy (II)

M0949             Letters Received by the Naval Academy Superintendent

M0977             Navy Department General Orders, I

M1099             Navy Department Annual Reports

T0829               Miscellaneous Records of the Navy Department

 

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