| Scope and content |
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. |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Louville H. Merrill Letterbooks (#627), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Terms of use | Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of George C. Smith, Jr.. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of Library Enrichment Fund. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of Friends of the ECU Library. |
| Biographical note | Louville H. Merrill, throughout his enlistment in the U.S. Navy (1864-1865), served as the acting assistant paymaster on the U.S. Yankee. |
