Olivia Davis

Mariners' Museum, Uncurated Search Results

Type: Bark

Year: 1864

Builder: Satterfield & Moore

Location: Greensboro

These records are found in the online catalog of The Mariners’ Museum and Park in Newport News, Virginia. Uncurated search results are presented to give researchers and interested readers an idea of whether the museum’s archives contain information about this vessel and whether it may be worthwhile to visit the museum’s catalog search page for further investigation. Uncurated results may be inaccurate or incomplete.

Mariners' Museum online catalog search, August 11, 2026. Search mode: exact vessel-name variants.

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Fetch?Row IDMediaDateVesselPlaceRelated PlacesInscription/MarksSubjectNotesArchive Number
15/11/1861Four-page letter from Olivia Worden to an unnamed friend. Olivia Worden writes that she received a letter from her husband, John Worden. Olivia describes the contents of the letter and the conditions her husband is living under as a prisoner. She questions Captain Adams loyalty and blames him for John Worden’s plight. She asks if Mrs. Wise could plead her case to Mrs. Jefferson Davis. She pleads her husband’s case and urges her friends to assist in any way they can.ARI123513
25/27/1861Two-page letter from Olivia Worden to Mrs. Wise. Olivia Worden states that she has written the draft of a letter to Mrs. Jefferson Davis and would like Mrs. Wise to review the letter. If Mrs. Wise approves of the letter, Olivia requests that she forward it to Mrs. Hetzel to have it sent via express mail. Olivia states that mail service to the Southern states has been stopped on orders of the Post Master General.ARI123519

Created 2026 by Don Barker, CBMM volunteer, for the Chesapeake Shipbuilding Project. shipbuilding@sailingworkboats.es