Paulding, James Kirke, 1778-1860

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Author and naval officer. A close friend of Washington Irving, Paulding collaborated with him to produce the satirical periodical, Salmagundi. He also wrote poetry, fiction, and a popular biography of George Washington. President Martin Van Buren appointed Paulding Secretary of the Navy in 1839, in which post he served until 1841.

From the description of [Letter] 1839 May 7, Navy Department [Washington, D.C., to] Gilbert Davis, New York. (University of South Florida). WorldCat record id: 70141095

Virgil David was president of the Lawrenceville Lyceum in Western Pennsylvania.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Virgil David, near Pittsburgh, Pa., 1836 Apr. 29. (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 78342971

From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Virgil David, near Pittsburgh, Pa., 1836 Apr. 29. (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 55822263

James Kirke Paulding was associated with the Navy Department.

From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1839. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155886335

James Kirke Paulding was born in New York state and as a young man moved to New York City, where he became a friend of Washington Irving and a frequent contributor to Salmagundi. His novels, short stories, plays, and histories tended to be anti-British and emphasize American life and themes. He also served as Secretary of the new Board of Navy Commissioners under the Madison administration, a Navy Agent under the Monroe administration, and as Secretary of the Navy in Van Buren's cabinet.

From the description of J.K. Paulding letters, 1839-1856 (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 60718005

James K. Paulding served as the 12th SecNav, 1838-1841.

From the description of Letter, July 14, 1840. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 18178445

American author and naval official.

From the description of Papers of James Kirke Paulding [manuscript], 1804-1849. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647833923

Author and secretary of the navy.

From the description of Letter of James Kirke Paulding, 1843. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449995

Paulding was Secretary of the Navy, 1838 -1841, and a published author of novels and plays.

From the description of Letter, December 4, 1839. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 706823352

Secretary of the Navy under President Van Buren; author.

From the description of Letters, 1839 and n.d. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 32878736

James Kirke Paulding (1778-1860) was an American writer. A member of the so-called "Knickerbocker Group," he wrote poetry, novels and plays. With his friend Washington Irving, he was the creator and publisher of the satirical periodical Salmagundi . His extensive knowledge of naval affairs led President Martin Van Buren to appoint him Secretary of the Navy (1838-1841).

From the guide to the James K. Paulding Correspondence, 1827-1843, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)
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creatorOf Paulding, James Kirke, 1778-1860. An unpublished sketch of James Madison, n.d. [manuscript]. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Ticknor, Benajah, 1788-1858. Papers, 1818-1852 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Martin Van Buren Papers, 1787-1910, (bulk 1820-1850) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf White, Thomas Willis, 1788-1843. Letter to James K. Paulding, 1839 April 12. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Paulding, James Kirke, 1778-1860. The Illinois and the prairies : manuscript, [ca. 1849] Houghton Library
referencedIn Ticknor, Benajah, 1788-1858. Benajah Ticknor papers, 1818-1852 (inclusive). Yale University Library
creatorOf Paulding, James Kirke, 1778-1860. Letter, 1839 Nov. 16 [Washington, D.C.?] to Richard O'D. Harris, Boston. University of Michigan
creatorOf Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845. Autograph letter signed : to J.K. Paulding, 1840 Aug. 26. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Autograph File, P, 1554-2005. Houghton Library
referencedIn Silsbee, Nathaniel, 1773-1850. Nathaniel Silsbee papers, 1809-1844. Library of Congress
referencedIn Lucius Lyon papers (1770-1934, bulk 1833-1851) William L. Clements Library
creatorOf Paulding, James Kirke, 1778-1860. Letters, 1799-1860. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851. James Fenimore Cooper collection of papers, 1825-1904 bulk (1825-1849). New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Dickinson Family. Dickinson family library. 1810-1943. Houghton Library
creatorOf Paulding, James Kirke, 1778-1860. Letter of James Kirke Paulding, 1843. Library of Congress
referencedIn The Naval History Society Collection, 1721-1995 (bulk 1781-1936) New-York Historical Society
referencedIn David Conner papers, 1816-1856 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Paulding, James Kirke, 1778-1860. Letter to Parke Godwin. New York, NY. 1841 June 3. University of Iowa Libraries
referencedIn Historical manuscripts collection, 1347-1969, bulk: 1775-1885 Free Library of Philadelphia: Rare Book Department
referencedIn Stanford University Press archival book copies, 1900-2012 Cecil H. Green Library. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
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referencedIn Renwick family. Renwick Family papers, 1794-1916. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Hull, Isaac, 1773-1843. Papers, 1810-1842. Boston Athenaeum
creatorOf Paulding, James Kirke, 1778-1860. Letter to Thomas White. New York, NY. 1836 Mar. 3. University of Iowa Libraries
referencedIn Ticknor, Benajah, 1788-1858. Papers, 1818-1852 Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn American Author Portraits [manuscript], 1774-1902. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Silas Wright, Jr. letters and documents, 1828-1866, 1917 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Paulding, James Kirke, 1778-1860. Letter to John Payne Todd [manuscript], 1837May 24. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Crittenden, John J. (John Jordan), 1787-1863. Note. 3 March 1839. ANS. The Filson Historical Society
referencedIn Barnes, John S. (John Sanford), 1836-1911. Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection, 1756-1931. New-York Historical Society Library
referencedIn Thomas Addis Emmet collection, 1483-1876 (bulk:1700-1800) New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Neal, John, 1793-1876. Papers, 1803-1880 Houghton Library
referencedIn Wright, Nathalia. Nathalia Wright collection of Greenough family correspondence, 1830-1873. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Johnston, Fayette. Papers of Fayette Johnston [manuscript] 1815-61. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Johnson, Richard Mentor, 1780-1850. Autograph letter signed and docketed : Washington?, to J. K. Paulding, Secretary of the Navy, ansd. 1840 Jan. 29. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Lewis Cass papers (1774-1924) William L. Clements Library
referencedIn Adams, James Truslow, 1878-1949. Barrett assorted authors collection, 1814-1947 University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Norvell, John, 1789-1850. John Norvell correspondence, 1821-1840. Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library
referencedIn Poinsett, Joel Roberts, 1779-1851. Papers, 1785-1851. Historical Society of Pennsylvania
creatorOf Paulding, James Kirke, 1778-1860. Papers of James Kirke Paulding [manuscript], 1804-1849. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Sims, Joseph Starke. Joseph Starke Sims papers, 1819-1903 and undated Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Wall, Garret D. (Garret Dorset), 1783-1850. Garret D. Wall papers, 1809-1841. New Jersey Historical Society Library
referencedIn Boarman, Charles, 1795-1879. Letterbook of Charles Boarman, 1838-1858. Library of Congress
creatorOf Paulding, James Kirke, 1778-1860. Letter, December 4, 1839. Naval War College, Henry E. Eccles Library
creatorOf Coles, Walter, 1790-1857. Letter to James K. Paulding, Secretary of the Navy [manuscript] : regarding employment in Navy Department : also a note by Paulding answering the inquiry, 1840 Apr. 13. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn New-York Athenæum. Secretary's book, 1824 June-1829 Mar. New-York Historical Society
creatorOf Paulding, James Kirke, 1778-1860. Letters, 1839 and n.d. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Historical manuscripts, 1636-1935. Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
referencedIn Boon, Ratliff, 1781-1844. Papers, 1833-1839. Indiana Historical Society Library
referencedIn Baird, Thomas E.,. Collection of miscellaneous southern historical papers [manuscript], 1778-1864. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Bauernfeld, Eduard von, 1802-1890. Theatre von Bauernfeld translated by Nathaniel Greene, Boston, 1838. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
referencedIn Fox, Gustavus Vasa, 1821-1883. Gustavus Vasa Fox Collection, 1823-1919 (bulk 1860-1889). New-York Historical Society Library
referencedIn Letters to Matthew Calbraith Perry from various correspondents, 1799-1945. Houghton Library
creatorOf Griswold, Rufus W. (Rufus Wilmot), 1815-1857. Papers of Rufus W. Griswold, 1838-1853. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Vaughan, John, 1755-1841. Papers, 1768 - ca. 1936 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Webb, J. Watson (James Watson), 1802-1884. James W. Webb papers, 1820-1841 Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library
referencedIn Washington Irving's Life of George Washington Volume 14, Miscellany, 1784-1860 Cornell University Library
creatorOf Kennon, William H. Papers of William H. Kennon, 1808-1903. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn David Glasgow Farragut Papers, 1816-1869 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Gustavus Vasa Fox Collection, 1823-1919 (bulk 1860-1889) New-York Historical Society
referencedIn Andrew Jackson Papers, 1775-1860, (bulk 1785-1845) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Edwards, Ogden, 1781-1862. Papers of Ogden Edwards, 1753-1876. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
creatorOf Bell, Edna Evans. Papers of the Quinby, Teackle, and Upshur families of Somerset County, Maryland, and Accomack and Northampton Counties, Virginia [manuscript] 1759 (1800-1898) 1968. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Strange, Robert, 1796-1854. Letters : Washington, D.C., to the Secretary of the Navy, 1839-1840. Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library
creatorOf Paulding, James Kirke, 1778-1860. Autograph letter signed : New York, to Virgil David, near Pittsburgh, Pa., 1836 Apr. 29. Texas Christian University
referencedIn Clay, Henry, 1777-1852. Letters sent by Henry Clay, 1813-1849. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Lewis Cass papers (1774-1924) William L. Clements Library
creatorOf Paulding, James Kirke, 1778-1860. Autograph letter signed : New York, to Virgil David, near Pittsburgh, Pa., 1836 Apr. 29. University of Chicago Library
creatorOf Thayer, George W. Lucius Lyon papers, 1770-1934, bulk 1833-1851. William L. Clements Library
referencedIn Ingersoll, Charles Jared, 1782-1862. Papers, 1803-1862. Historical Society of Pennsylvania
creatorOf Paulding, James Kirke, 1778-1860,. Autograph letters signed from James Kirke Paulding, Hyde Park, New York, to F[rances Anne] Kemble [manuscript], 1849-1856. Folger Shakespeare Library
referencedIn John A. Dix Collection, 1831-1879 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
creatorOf James K. Paulding Correspondence, 1827-1843 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
creatorOf David Conner papers, 1816-1856. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
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referencedIn American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IId, 1837-1844 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn American Philosophical Society Library. Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection. 1668-1983. American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Batchelder family papers, 1806-1902 Houghton Library
creatorOf Paulding, James Kirke, 1778-1860. J.K. Paulding letters, 1839-1856 Pennsylvania State University Libraries
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referencedIn Rare Book & Manuscript Library General Manuscript Collection, 1789-2013 Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Free Library of Philadelphia Collection of Literary Manuscripts, 1666-1990 Free Library of Philadelphia: Rare Book Department
referencedIn Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958. Houghton Library
referencedIn Ticknor, Benajah, 1788-1858. Benajah Ticknor papers, 1818-1852 (inclusive). Yale University Library
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creatorOf Paulding, James Kirke, 1778-1860. Letter, July 14, 1840. Naval War College, Henry E. Eccles Library
creatorOf Paulding, James Kirke, 1778-1860. Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1839. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
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creatorOf Paulding, James Kirke, 1778-1860. An unpublished sketch of James Madison, n.d. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn James Fenimore Cooper collection of papers, 1825-1904, 1825-1849 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
referencedIn Papers, 1804-1916. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
creatorOf Dodge, Augustus Caesar, 1812-1883. Letter to J[ames] K[irke] Paulding. Washington, DC. 1841 Jan. 22. University of Iowa Libraries
creatorOf Paulding, James Kirke, 1778-1860. [Letter] 1839 May 7, Navy Department [Washington, D.C., to] Gilbert Davis, New York. University of South Florida, USF Library
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