Benjamin Stoddert Ewell Papers, 1784-1934.

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Benjamin Stoddert Ewell Papers, 1784-1934.

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This group of 1,256 items and one bound volume, dated 1784-1934, consists chiefly of letters and papers of the Ewell family of Virginia. Many personal letters of Benjamin S. Ewell are included.

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Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary

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Presbyterian minister; Civil War blockade runner; orator at the dedication of the Stonewall Jackson statue, Monument Avenue, Richmond. From the description of Letter to J.D.K. Sleight, 1870 March 28. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 52779251 Benjamin Stoddert Ewell was born in Georgetown, D. C., 10 June 1810, the son of Thomas Ewell and Elizabeth Stoddert. He graduated from United States Military Academy and taught there. He taught at Hampden- Sydney College and...

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Presbyterian minister; Civil War blockade runner; orator at the dedication of the Stonewall Jackson statue, Monument Avenue, Richmond. From the description of Letter to J.D.K. Sleight, 1870 March 28. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 52779251 Benjamin Stoddert Ewell was born in Georgetown, D. C., 10 June 1810, the son of Thomas Ewell and Elizabeth Stoddert. He graduated from United States Military Academy and taught there. He taught at Hampden- Sydney College and...

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