LEADER 02723npca 2200493Ii 4500001 ocn941280656 003 OCoLC 005 20160429094939.0 008 160226i18641868ncu eng d 035 (Sirsi) o941280656 035 (Sirsi) o941280656 035 (OCoLC)941280656 035 (NcGrE)627 040 ERE |erda |cERE |dUtOrBLW 049 EREE 099 #627 100 1 Merrill, Louville H., |ecreator. |?UNAUTHORIZED 245 10 Louville H. Merrill Letterbooks. 264 0 |c1864-1866, 1868. 300 0.143 |fcubic ft.(6 |fitems) 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 338 sheet |bnb |2rdacarrier 545 Louville H. Merrill, throughout his enlistment in the U.S. Navy (1864-1865), served as the acting assistant paymaster on the U.S. Yankee. 520 2 The collection is composed of six volumes (July 5, 1864 - May 5, 1866, 1868) containing Merrill's official records and copies of his correspondence with the Naval Department as well as the paymasters aboard other ships. The correspondence is found in two letterbooks (1864, 1865-1866) and is concerned with the ship's stores in food and clothing, the transfer of accounts, and payment of the ship's men, and the number of men present in July 1864 and February 1865. In the 1864 letterbook there also is found a loose sheet listing expenditures for beef, pork, beans, rice, coffee, sugar, flour, and dried fruit. 506 No access restrictions. 524 Louville H. Merrill Letterbooks (#627), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. 540 Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. 541 |3Joyner- |cGift ofGeorge C. Smith, Jr.. 541 |3Joyner- |cGift ofLibrary Enrichment Fund. 541 |3Joyner- |cGift ofFriends of the ECU Library. 600 10 Merrill, Louville H. |?UNAUTHORIZED 610 10 United States. |bNavy |vRecords and correspondence. |=^A271277 610 10 United States. |bNavy |xOfficers. |=^A156777 610 10 United States. |bNavy |xMilitary life. |=^A652512 610 20 Yankee (Side-wheel steamer) |=^A1282366 651 0 United States |xHistory |yCivil War, 1861-1865 |xNaval operations. |=^A39332 856 42 |3Finding aid |uhttp://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/0627/ 949 |oJAV 994 C0 |bERE 596 1 998 917964