Name/Title
Papers, Capt. Nathaniel PalmerEntry/Object ID
2020.230.009Scope and Content
Collection of miscellaneous papers relating to Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer (from a folder set aside by Beth Moore re. the Palmer/Lopers):
*Letter from the New Haven, New London and Stonington Railroad Company to Capt. N.B. Palmer, March 28, 1857. Letter describes the location and construction of the company's railway to be laid between Stonington and Groton - with specific details about the entire length of the track being installed.
*List, "Naval Record of the Palmer brothers, ships captains from
Stonigton, CT" (compiled by Mary Thatcher). Chronological record of the maritime careers of Nathaniel B. Palmer (from 1819-1852), Alexander Smith Palmer (from 1821-1847), and Theodore Dwight Palmer (from 1841-1852) including ship's names and destinations.
*News clipping (photocopy) from The Day, March 29, 1976 re. Eagle figurehead from the GREAT REPUBLIC re-rigged after a wreck/fire in NY harbor under the supervision of Nathaniel B. Palmer
*Calendar page, reprint of N. Currier lithograph of the GREAT REPUBLIC, re-rigged by Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer after 1853 (stored separately on shelf 10-8 A: oversize print box)
*Yale Alumni magazine 1920, article "Some Early Boating Reminiscences of a Varuna Oar," re. Captain Nathaniel Palmer.
*The New York Times, March 10, 1958, "Mountain Range and a Grand Canyon Are Explored as Antarctic Continues to Give Up Its Frozen Mysteries," with reference to Palmer Peninsula.
*The Westerly Sun, Stonigton and Mystic edition, April 1, 1903, "Away Down South," re. Capt. Nathaniel B. Pamer in Antartica (with photocopy)
*The Mystic Valley Mirror Jounral, November 12, 1953, "'Zeal for Nantucket First' Complicates Antarctic Discovery Says T.A. Stevens" re. Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer and disputes over the title of "discoverer" of Antarctica