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Finding aid prepared by John R. Nemmers
University of Florida Smathers Libraries - Special and Area Studies Collections
August 2004
Descriptive Summary | ||
Creator: | Oberly, Aaron S., 1837-1918. | |
Title: | Aaron S. Oberly Letter Describing Havana, Cuba | |
Dates: | 1865 | |
Abstract: | Manuscript letter dated April 5, 1865, written aboard the U.S. Steamer Santiago de Cuba by U.S. Navy Assistant Surgeon Aaron S. Oberly. | |
Extent: | 0.01 Linear feet. 1 folder. | |
Identification: | MS Group 164 | |
Language(s): | English | |
Note: | This guide is available in Spanish at https://www.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/manuscript/guides/oberly_es.pdf | |
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Oberly served as an assistant surgeon in the U.S. Navy during the Civil War, primarily at the naval academy located at Newport, Rhode Island. In addition, he served aboard various vessels including the U.S.S. Sabine, U.S.S. Kineo, U.S.S. Santee, U.S.S. Macedonia, and the U.S.S. Santiago de Cuba.
Manuscript letter dated April 5, 1865, written aboard the U.S. Steamer Santiago de Cuba by U.S. Navy Assistant Surgeon Aaron S. Oberly. In the four-page letter, Oberly describes his stay at Havana, Cuba, and discusses the people, the climate, the music, and the activity on the roads and docks of the city. He refers to seeing a blockade runner flying a Confederate flag and mentions that his own ship had "left last Saturday night the harbor of Charleston." The letter is addressed to "Maria," probably Maria A. Woodford of New Haven, Connecticut.
The collection is open for research.
Other related materials include the Aaron Shimer Oberly Papers, Auburn University, Special Collections and Archives Dept., and the Aaron S. Oberly Letters, University of South Carolina, South Caroliniana Library.
A digital reproduction of this item is available online via the University of Florida Digital Collections (UFDC). Please read the Permissions for Use statement for information on copyright, fair use, and use of UFDC digital objects.
This guide is available in Spanish at https://www.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/manuscript/guides/oberly_es.pdf.
[Identification of item], Aaron S. Oberly Letter Describing Havana, Cuba, in 1865, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Purchased from Charles Apfelbaum, New Jersey, 1998.
American Civil War (1861-1865).
correspondence
Cuba -- Havana.
Steamboats.
Surgeons.
Travel.
United States. Navy.
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