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Gifford, James E., b. 1832. James E. Gifford papers, 1863-1865.

Title: James E. Gifford papers, 1863-1865.

Letters, 7 December 1863-29 January 1865, from James Gifford on the United States Bark Release, anchored near Beaufort, N.C., to his parents in New Bedford, Mass. The letters discuss ship and troop movements, the capture of blockade runners, and yellow fever on and off the coast of eastern North Carolina; Gifford's shipboard duties; and his financial problems relating to fluctuating food prices and the scarcity of clothing items.

ArchivalResource: 38 items.

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Chapin, Rufus. Survey map of Lot No. 24 in Bayard's Patent, Herkimer County, New York, 1804-1827.

Title: Survey map of Lot No. 24 in Bayard's Patent, Herkimer County, New York, 1804-1827.

A survey map of Lot No. 24 in Bayard's Patent, 1804, and annotated to 1827, with names of owners and dates of conveyance.

ArchivalResource: 1 map : manuscript ; 39.5 x 32.5 cm.

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James Gifford Papers, 1863-1865

Title: James Gifford Papers, 1863-1865

James Gifford, United States Navy paymaster steward, served on the United States Bark during the Civil War. Gifford's parents lived in New Bedford, Mass. Release The collection includes letters, 7 December 1863-29 January 1865, from James Gifford on the United States Bark , anchored near Beaufort, N.C., to his parents in New Bedford, Mass. The letters discuss ship and troop movements, the capture of blockade runners, and yellow fever on and off the coast of eastern North Carolina; Gifford's shipboard duties; and his financial problems relating to fluctuating food prices and the scarcity of clothing items. Release

ArchivalResource: 38

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Bunker, Matthew, b. 1830. Letters, 1853 Apr 25-1855 Mar 8.

Title: Letters, 1853 Apr 25-1855 Mar 8.

Letters from Matthew Bunker to his parents, Paul and Almira Starbuck Bunker of New York, New York, describing his trip to Australia in the bark GEM OF THE SEA of New York, New York, A. Bowen, master; relating his experiences in the gold fields at Ballarat, Australia and detailing the problems encountered in carrying on a retail and jobbing business in Sandridge and Ballarat with O.B. Clapp, E.B. Freeland, and James Gifford under the firm name Clapp, Gifford and Co.; and discussing his trip to Calcutta, India, in the ship WILD ROVER of Boston, Massachusetts, Benajah Crowell, Jr., master. WILD ROVER was owned by Alpheus Hardy and Co.

ArchivalResource: 20 items : ALS.

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