TORPEDO COLLECTION
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TORPEDO COLLECTION |
| Box 1 | FF 1 | 5 June 1873 - Correspondence to G. H. Hand from Vice Adm. Ld. Whitehall. An acknowledgment of mission completed. 8 February 1873 - Report (duplicate copy) from Co. Hand (H.M.S. Swallow) on carrying out espionage (Co. Liddel and passage). |
| Box 1 | FF 2 | 8 February 1873 - Report cont. Communique with Consul General E. U. Archibald, Esquire, C. B. Further instructions. |
| Box 1 | FF 3 | 25 November 1873 - Location, Washington. From Edward Thorton to Vice Adm. Ld. Whitehall. Concerns article from New York Times, (22 November. 1872) "Successful Trial of the Lay Torpedo Boat - Before a Board of Officers from the Army and Navy." 12 April 1873 - Contains correspondence to Royal Alfred from Vice Adm. Whitehall. |
| Box 1 | FF 4 | 16 April 1873 - Location, Newport, R. I. Contains a copy of Jose M? Pilon's description of the Lay Torpedo to Vice Admiral Whitehall. |
| Box 1 | FF 5 | Contains an illustration of Lay Torpedo. 1 December 1872 - Contains a copy of the Annual Report of the Secretary of the Navy. 2 November 1872 - Contains a copy of the New York Herald. |
| Box 1 | FF 6 | 28 April or 3 May 1873 - Location, S.S. "Parthia," to Vice Adm. Ld. Whitehall. Correspondence of completed duties as outlined in 8 February. 1873 dispatch. Description of Lay Torpedo, experiments and the Brooklyn Navy Yard. |
| Box 1 | FF 7 | Cont. of report. Description of Lay Torpedo. |
| Box 1 | FF 8 | Cont. of report. |
| Box 1 | FF 9 | Cont. of report. Description of Lay Torpedo and of experiments on 21, 22, and 24 of April. |
| Box 1 | FF 10 | Cont. of report. Description of experiments and of Lay's remarks about Torpedo. |
| Box 1 | FF 11 | Cont. of report. Problems with the Torpedo design and function. |
| Box 1 | FF 12 | Cont. of report. Critical analysis of the Torpedo. Description of Brooklyn Navy Yard and Adm. Porter's Torpedo boat. |
| Box 1 | FF 13 | Cont. of report. Description of submarine. |
| Box 1 | FF 14 | 3 May 1873 - S.S. "Parthia" at Sea, from Archibald to Vice Adm. Whitehall. Concerning completion of duties dispatched. 8 February 1873 - Description of torpedo station and the Lay Torpedo. |
| Box 1 | FF 15 | Cont. of report. |