Benajah Ticknor papers, 1818-1852 - University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library - University of Michigan Finding Aids (original) (raw)
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- Benajah Ticknor papers, 1818-1852
Benajah Ticknor papers, 1818-1852
Summary
Creator:
Abstract:
Graduated from Berkshire Medical Institute ca. 1810; joined U.S. Navy ca. 1816; first tour of duty in 1818; retired from the Navy in 1852 from post of chief Surgeon of the Boston Navy Yard. Journals, letter book, medical notes, correspondence, and essays of Benajah Ticknor, doctor and surgeon with the U.S. Navy. Of primary importance are the journals which describe journeys made by Ticknor with the Navy to South America, the Far East, and Europe.
Extent:
3 linear feet
3 microfilms
Language:
English
Call Number:
8986 Aa 2
Authors:
Finding aid created by Michigan Historical Collections staff
Background
Scope and Content:
The Ticknor collection consists of photocopied and microfilmed papers from various institutions with Ticknor materials. The materials were gathered together by individuals involved in the restoration of Ticknor's Ann Arbor home, now known as Cobblestone Farm. The collection, subsequently donated to the Bentley Historical Library, includes Biographical material, journals, a letter book, writings, letters to his friend Congressman Elisha Whittlesey in Ohio, and State Department records from his diplomatic missions to the Far East.
Biographical / Historical:
Benajah Ticknor was born in Salisbury, Connecticut in 1788. After receiving his medical degree from the Berkshire Medical Institute, ca. 1810, he moved to Ohio and married. He applied for service with the U.S. Navy as a surgeon and received his first assignment in 1818 as a surgeon's mate. His voyage was to South America, a three-year cruise. In the 1820s, he served in the West Indies, and later off the coast of Brazil and Argentina. In 1831, he was assigned as surgeon as part of a secret diplomatic mission to Cochin China, Siam, and Muscat. This voyage was the first attempt by the American government to establish diplomatic relations with nations of the Far East.
In 1834, Ticknor, with thoughts of retiring from the Navy, purchased property in Pittsfield Township, close by the village of Ann Arbor. Ticknor did not retire at this time. Instead he accepted position as commander of the hospital at the Boston Navy Yard. In 1837, he was appointed fleet surgeon for a survey mission to the Antarctic Ocean. And in 1845, he was fleet surgeon on another diplomatic mission to the Far East. He moved permanently to Ann Arbor in 1851, having built a cobblestone house on his Michigan property some years before. He died September 20, 1858.
Acquisition Information:
The collection consists largely of records collected from other archival institutions
Accruals:
No further additions to the records are expected.
Rules or Conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)
Subjects
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Subjects:
Homicide.
Medicine, Naval.
Medicine -- History.
Medicine -- United States.
Religious thought -- 19th century.
Suicide -- United States.
Voyages and travels.
Shipping.
Physicians -- United States.
Mexican War, 1846-1848.
Formats:
Names:
United States. Navy.
Columbus (Ship)
Macedonian (Ship)
Episcopal Church.
Peacock (Ship)
Ohio (Ship)
United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848.
Armstrong, James, 1794-1868.
Bartlett, W. H. (William Henry), 1809-1854.
Biddle, James, 1783-1848.
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868.
Burchard, Samuel D., 1812-1891.
Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850.
Carrera Verdugo, José Miguel, 1785-1821.
Dundonald, Thomas Cochrane, Earl of, 1775-1860.
Dewey, Orville, 1794-1882.
Downes, John, 1784-1854.
Everett, Alexander Hill, 1790-1847.
Everett, Edward, 1794-1865.
Foltz, Jonathan Messersmith, 1810-1877.
Forbes, R. B. (Robert Bennet), 1804-1889.
Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890.
Gansevoort, Guert, 1812-1867.
Geisinger, David, 1790-1860.
Glynn, John, 1801-1871.
Hardy, Thomas Masterman, Sir, 1st bart., 1769-1839.
Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841.
Hill, Frances M., 1807-1884.
Hull, Isaac, 1773-1843.
Jarvis, James Jackson, 1818-1888.
Jones, Thomas Ap Catesby, 1790-1858.
Kearny, Stephen Watts, 1794-1848.
Kent, James, 1763-1847.
Madison, Dolley, 1768-1849.
Mason, John Young, 1799-1859.
Morrison, Charles, 1782-1834.
Niles, John M. (John Milton), 1787-1856.
O'Higgins, Bernardo, 1778-1842.
Paulding, James K., 1779-1860.
Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858.
Pickens, F. W. (Francis Wilkinson), 1805-1869.
Polk, Sarah Childress, 1803-1891.
Roberts, Edmund, 1784-1836.
Rodgers, George Washington, 1787-1832.
San Martín, José de, 1778-1850.
Schroeder, John Frederick, 1800-1857.
Shubrick, William Branford, 1790-1874.
Southard, Samuel L. (Samuel Lewis), 1787-1842.
Stockton, Robert Field, 1795-1866.
Tappan, Benjamin, 1773-1857.
Taylor, John, 1781-1864.
Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850.
Tazewell, Littleton Waller, 1774-1860.
Ticknor, Benajah, 1788-1858.
Ticknor, George, 1791-1871.
Tyler, John, 1790-1862.
Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852.
Weddell, James, 1787-1834.
Wise, Henry A. (Henry Alexander), 1806-1876.
Hodges, Nan Powell.
Places:
Ann Arbor (Mich.)
East Asia -- Description and travel.
Europe -- Description and travel.
Peru -- History -- War of Independence, 1820-1829.
South America -- Description and travel.
United States -- Economic conditions.
United States -- History -- 1783-1865.
United States -- Religion.
United States -- Social conditions.
New England.
United States -- Description and travel.
Arctic regions.
Latin America.
Asia.
United States -- Foreign relations.
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