Talk:Richard Henry Dana Jr.

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Page numbers?
What happened to the page numbers in the references? The footnotes have become useless, and verifiability non-existent, because page numbers are no longer cited. I know that when I added a few footnotes (the Nelson and Sullivan sources) they had page numbers; is there a reason why we no longer want this article to be verifiable? --Midnightdreary (talk) 13:30, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
 * It appears User:Hurmata was rightly addressing the issue of the references not needing to be repeated in their entirety for subsequent uses, but the removal of the page numbers seems like a regression to me as well. I restored the page numbers, but keeping the separate ref. and bibliography sections.  Not sure if the ref formatting is the best.  Feel free to check my work and make sure I transcribed the page numbers back in correctly. --Dfred (talk) 02:21, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I believe many styles are acceptable for the condensed reference format. This one looks okay to me, as far as I know, so long as it maintains consistency. Thanks for taking a look! --Midnightdreary (talk) 04:28, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Influence on Melville
It is curious how Nathanial Hawthorn not Dana had the most influence on Melville. Melville and Dana are almost identical in style when it comes to describing places of call. Melville sounds much like Dana as he describes Liverpool in Redburn. But Dana does not slip into the sentimentality of Melville.Johnwrd (talk) 02:16, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Talk pages are not meant for discussion of the subject, but for discussion on improving the article. --Midnightdreary (talk) 13:06, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Sara Watson
Why not mention of Dana's personal life, e.g., his marriage to Sara Watson, their 5 children, etc.? Norm — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.36.150.94 (talk) 01:34, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

Two Richard Henry Dana's born at the same time in the same city???
...no further comment... regards, --Najadenn (talk) 18:06, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

Still incomplete
Here's an example of why you can't turn to Wikipedia. Commenter Watson told you to complete this article and add info about Dana's spouse & family. Eight years ago. Gee, suppose they created a worldwide encyclopedia and no one came?

Also, would a few words about his religion & church be relevant?

Jimlue (talk) 19:29, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

Jefferson Davis trial
The article states that Dana "served as a U.S. counsel in the trial of Confederate President Jefferson Davis". My understanding is that the federal government planned to bring Davis to trial, but no trial ever took place. Should the article being amended accordingly? Mike Marchmont (talk) 09:06, 29 January 2023 (UTC)