Ammen, Daniel, 1820-1898

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United States naval officer and author.

From the description of Letters to S.S. McClure, 1891-1892. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 53478237

Ammen was born on May 16, 1819; was boyhood friend of Ulysses S. Grant; became a midshipman in 1836; undertook long voyages to China and Japan (1845-47), went on expedition up the Paraguay River (1853-54), sailed on Pacific cruise (1857-60); in Civil War, took part in the attack upon Port Royal in the gunboat Seneca and participated in the bombardment of Fort McAllister in the monitor Patapsco; was called from sea duty through President Grant's influence; in charge of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, and the Bureau of Navigation, 1868-78; was named Secretary of the Isthmian Canal Commission (1872-76), where he became an advocate of a Nicaraguan canal route; represented the US at the Interoceanic Canal Congress in Paris, 1879; designed the Ammen ram, a small coast-defense vessel, one of which, the Katahdin, was built and accepted for service; wrote several books, including The old navy and the new (1891); died at Ammendale, near Washington DC, on July 11, 1898.

From the description of Papers, 1836-1898. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 39542209

Naval office and writer.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Beltsville, Maryland, to F.B. Southwick, 1889 Feb. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270131465

Ammen, a naval officer, served during the Civil War and visited Japan in 1845 with the first naval vessels to that country. He designed the ram katandin and invented a balsa life raft.

From the description of Naval order, January 20, 1873. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 741624453

American naval officer and writer.

From the description of Letter signed : "Navy Department," Washington, to Montgomery Fletcher, 1877 Nov. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270132619

From the description of Autograph telegram signed : Raleigh, to Wm. H. Lyons at the Navy Yard in Charlotte, "13th" [no year]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270132519

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Ammen was born on May 16, 1819; was boyhood friend of Ulysses S. Grant; became a midshipman in 1836; undertook long voyages to China and Japan (1845-47), went on expedition up the Paraguay River (1853-54), sailed on Pacific cruise (1857-60); in Civil War, took part in the attack upon Port Royal in the gunboat Seneca and participated in the bombardment of Fort McAllister in the monitor Patapsco; was called from sea duty through President Grant's influence; in charge of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, and the Bureau of Navigation, 1868-78; was named Secretary of the Isthmian Canal Commission (1872-76), where he became an advocate of a Nicaraguan canal route; represented the U.S. at the Interoceanic Canal Congress in Paris, 1879; designed the Ammen ram, a small coast-defense vessel, one of which, the Katahdin, was built and accepted for service; wrote several books, including The Old Navy and the New (1891); died at Ammendale, near Washington, D.C., on July 11, 1898.

From the guide to the Daniel Ammen Papers, 1836-1898, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.)

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referencedIn Emmons family papers, 1821-1925 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Records of the U.S. Coast Guard. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Smithsonian Archives. Ru 52: Assistant Secretary, Incoming Correspondenc.
referencedIn Autograph File, A, 1518-2002. Houghton Library
referencedIn Thomas Oliver Selfridge Papers, 1809-1927, (bulk 1809-1870) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Weather Bureau National Archives at College Park
referencedIn T. O. Selfridge Papers, 1852-1926, (bulk 1858-1880) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898. The William Gladstone collection, 1862-1890. U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center
referencedIn John Lowe Papers, 1860-1945, (bulk 1870-1898) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Borie family. Borie family papers, 1791-1888. Historical Society of Pennsylvania
creatorOf Daniel Ammen Papers, 1836-1898 University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
creatorOf Ammen, Daniel, 1820-1898. Autograph telegram signed : Raleigh, to Wm. H. Lyons at the Navy Yard in Charlotte, "13th" [no year]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Welsh, John, 1805-1886. Letter: to [Daniel] Ammen, [18]85 Aug. 10. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
referencedIn Smithsonian Archives. Ru 305: U.S. National Museum Accession Records.
referencedIn Evert Jansen Wendell collection of literary manuscripts, [ca. 1852-1889] and undated. Houghton Library
creatorOf Ammen, Daniel, 1820-1898. Letter signed : "Navy Department," Washington, to Montgomery Fletcher, 1877 Nov. 17. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Rodgers Family Papers, 1788-1944, (bulk 1820-1930) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Ammen, Daniel, 1820-1898. Autograph letter signed : Beltsville, Maryland, to F.B. Southwick, 1889 Feb. 25. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1863-1879 Smithsonian Institution Archives
referencedIn George E. Belknap Papers, 1857-1903 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Ammen, Daniel, 1820-1898. Papers, 1836-1898. University of California, Los Angeles
referencedIn Salmon P. Chase Papers, 1775-1898, (bulk 1824-1872) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Ammen, Daniel, 1820-1898. Letters to S.S. McClure, 1891-1892. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn National Archives And Records Administration. Naval Observatory Records.
referencedIn Photographic Portrait File The Huntington Library
referencedIn Civil War documents, 1812-1907. Southern Illinois University, Morris Library
creatorOf Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891. ALS, 1886 January 10 : St. Louis, to Admiral Daniel Ammen. Copley Press, J S Copley Library
referencedIn Ingraham, Darius Holbrook, 1837-1923. Papers, 1888-1897. Maine Historical Society Library
creatorOf Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885. Letter: [Washington, D.C.], to [Daniel] Ammen, 1866 Nov. 6. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
referencedIn Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1865-1891 Smithsonian Institution Archives
referencedIn Du Pont, Sophie Madeleine, 1810-1888. Papers, 1818-1892. Hagley Museum & Library
creatorOf Ammen, Daniel, 1820-1898. Naval order, January 20, 1873. Naval War College, Henry E. Eccles Library
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Birth 1820-05-15

Death 1898-07-11

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