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Images of U.P. Levy
No full textThree portraits of Levy, two identical portraits, one signed by Levy, "Captain, USN," showing him as a man in his mid-fifties, sitting and smiling. Another full frontal portrait features Levy in full naval uniform holding a sword in his left hand and a scroll in his right which reads: “Author of the Abolition of Flogging in the Navy of the U.S.” On the wall behind Levy is another portrait of two vessels, underneath which "Commodore Uriah Phillips Levy, 1792-1862" is inscribed. Presented to the Naval Academy by Mrs. Carl von Mayhoff.Digital ImageDigital finding aid available
Copies of letters from Michael Levy to Henry Deering and Dudley Woodbridge
No full textOne letter from Michael Levy, father of U.P. Levy, to Henry Deering refers to mismanagement of merchandise (1787), another letter to Dudley Woodbridge from Levy & Tucker (Michael Levy’s watch and clock shop in Philadelphia) refers to prices for a shipment of merchandise (1788).Digital ImageDigital finding aid available
Letters to Abram Kanof re: U.P. Levy
No full textFour letters: 1) Letter to the Mariners’ Museum requesting information about the Dartmoor Prison in England at the time when the crew of gunboat “Revenge” was incarcerated there on charges of piracy in 1822 (1943). 2) Letter from attorneys to a Lt. Commander Kanof telling him about an interesting Levy reference in ‘A Century at the Bar of the Supreme Court of the U.S.' (1944) 3) Letter from the Navy Department regarding the number of Levy’s courts martial before 1900 (no recorded date) and the Act of 1855, does not include information about officers who were reinstated (1944). 4) Letter from the National Archives to Dr. Kanof stating that records relating to Levy are scattered throughout Navy Department records (1948).Digital ImageDigital finding aid available
Pamela Levy: Art Forum
No full text28 May 1997. Note with tape: Pamela Levy is a figurative painter and printmaker based in Israel. Her work explores the human condition in the Middle East. While in Australia Pamela Levy is Visiting Artist in the CSA Painting Workshop, and her work is exhibited in Photospace, 16-20 June
Photostat of "Indenture of...Sale" of Monticello to U.P. Levy
No full textPhotostat copy of "Indenture of Sale" of Monticello from "Barclay to Levy," including a description of the acreage, for the amount of $2700.00 dated May 21, 1836.Digital ImageDigital finding aid available
W.E. Chandler to Jefferson M. Levy, 2 letters
No full textTwo letters from a William Chandler, husband of John Hale's daughter, to Jefferson Levy, U.P. Levy's nephew, requesting further evidence proving Levy's central role in the abolishment of flogging.Digital ImageDigital finding aid available
Correspondence re: U.P. Levy and flogging, miscellaneous newspaper articles [Isaac Markens Material]
No full textSix items: 1) Five letters from the Navy Department in response to inquiries questioning Levy’s role in the abolishment of corporal punishment in the Navy, also stating that Senator J.P. Hale of New Hampshire who advocated and secured the end of flogging (1910-1913). 2) Two letters from the Navy stating that Levy was made a Commodore by courtesy (1910-1911). 3) One letter from the Library of Virginia stating that Levy and Jefferson were not acquainted nor had ever exchanged letters (1911). 4) One letter from the U.S. Senate claiming that no bills were introduced to erect a monument to Levy (1921). 5) Four newspaper articles to the editor of “Hebrew Standard” attempting to degrade Levy as a Jew, citing a lack of evidence for his position on flogging and receiving the Naval rank of Commodore (1911). 6) One article referring to a movement by a group of Jews to erect a monument in memory of Levy in Washington (undated).Digital ImageDigital finding aid available
"Memorial of Uriah, P. Levy...to the Congress of the United States"
No full textCopy and original booklet “Memorial of Uriah P. Levy, Late Captain in the Navy, to the Congress of the United States complaining of the Action of the Board of Naval Officers...” as a basis to request that a Court of Inquiry take place to determine why Levy was dismissed as an officer. [Levy makes the following statement on page 9: “In courts of Inquiry, the regulations should have provided that whenever the Board from their…examinations should suspect that any…officer was…of blamable incapacity, due notice should be given to such officer, a day and place assigned to him to hear the charge and the evidence in its support and to defend himself.”]Digital ImageDigital finding aid available
"Overcoming America's Infrastructure Deficit, A Fiscally Responsible Plan for Public Capital Investment"
No full textCondemned bridges, dilapidated school buildings, contaminated water supplies, and other infrastructure shortcomings threaten American growth, productivity, and prosperity. S Jay Levy and Walter M. Cadette propose a plan for financing infrastructure projects that is designed to have minimal effect on the federal budget and to promote sound fiscal operation. Federal zero-interest mortgage loans to state and local governments for capital projects specified by Congress can cut the cost of such projects, achieve needed improvements in the nation's infrastructure, and thereby contribute to the American economy's future.
Abram Kanof's notebook containing notes and correspondence relating to the activities and career of U.P. Levy
No full textSeven spiral notebooks belonging to Dr. Kanof, filled with handwritten notes (undated) and research correspondence (1942-1943, 1948) taken from various sources about the life and times of U.P. Levy, all favorable and confirming Levy’s achievements. Page ten, which refers to “Levy and Flogging,” mentions changes in the rules for recruiting and training sailors and quotes a Secretary of the Navy Dobbie as saying, “this humane act is the result largely of Commodore Levy’s efforts.” Pages 61-65 include a thorough breakdown of Levy’s will with names of the inheritors. This section also mentions that he received “The Freedom of the City of New York.” Also included is a list of donations to various societies, gravesite directions, the inscription on Levy’s monument and its cost, etc. On page 73 appears a list of traits attributed to Levy.Digital ImageDigital finding aid available
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