Ames, Sullivan Dorr (1840-1880), Lieutenant Commander, Executive Officer of U.S.S. Constellation. Historically Significant Original Letter Book, Assembled by the Executive Officer of the U.S.S. “Constellation,” Sullivan Dorr Ames, and Documenting the Preparations for her First Cruise along the East Coast of the United States and Canada, As a Training Ship for the Midshipmen of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, in the Summer of 1871; WITH: Three Notebooks with Lections of Nautical Astronomy and Naval Tactics, Recorded by S.D. Ames during his Studies at the U.S. Naval Academy, 1856-1860. Letter book: ca. 1871.