McBlair family papers 1793-1874

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McBlair family papers 1793-1874

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/1932

The McBlairs were a Maryland family. Collection consists of correspondence and other papers of Captain Charles H. McBlair, United States and Confederate naval officer; his wife, Fanny Duncan McBlair; his mother-in-law, Margaret S. Duncan, of Carlisle, Pa., and Baltimore, Md.; his brother, Thomas P. McBlair, purser in the United States Navy; and Alexander McDonald, merchant of Baltimore, Md.

.2 linear foot (1 box)

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6312213

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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United States. Navy

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...

McBlair, Fanny Duncan

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Duncan, Margaret S

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McBlair, Thomas P., d. 1857.

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McBlair, Charles H.

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Confederate States of America. Navy

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McDonald, Alexander

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McBlair family

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The McBlairs were a Maryland family. From the guide to the McBlair family papers, 1793-1874, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...