Christian A. Fleetwood Papers 1797-1945 (bulk 1860-1907)

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Christian A. Fleetwood Papers 1797-1945 (bulk 1860-1907)

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Soldier and civic leader. Correspondence, diaries, legal documents, scrapbook, printed material, memorabilia, and photographs pertaining to Fleetwood's military and civilian career during and after the Civil War, education, nursing, and slavery, and other civic and social concerns of the African-American community. Material relates chiefly to the District of Columbia where Fleetwood held various government and business positions. Includes papers of his wife Sara Iredell Fleetwood, a nurse, and correspondence of other family members.

400 items; 2 containers plus 2 oversize; 1 linear foot; 1 microfilm reel

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Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6356797

Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

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Fleetwood family

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Fleetwood family

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United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 4th (1863-1866)

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Fleetwood, Christian Abraham, 1840-1914

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Fleetwood was born in Baltimore on July 21, 1840, the son of Charles and Anna Maria Fleetwood, both were free persons of color. He received his early education in the home of a wealthy sugar merchant and chairman of Baltimore's chamber of commerce, John C. Brunes, and his wife. The latter treated Fleetwood like her son and taught him to read and write. He continued his education at the Maryland State Colonization Society, went briefly to Liberia and Sierra Leone, and graduated in 1860 from Ashmu...

Fleetwood, Sara Iredell Sara Iredell Fleetwood papers.

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