David Bullock Harris papers 1789-1894

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David Bullock Harris papers 1789-1894

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Collection contains correspondence, account books, receipts, statements, and other papers, chiefly relating to David Bullock Harris's training at West Point (1829-1833), his military career, and his tobacco business in Virginia, Kentucky, and England. Includes Civil War military papers and maps, accounts of the sale of slaves, and accounts of trade with Brazil. Also present are letters from Frederick Overton Harris, David's father, while in the Virginia House of Delegates, and from Nathaniel W. Harris, his brother and business partner. Other correspondents include P. G. T. Beauregard, D. H. Mahan, and Sylvanus Thayer.

6.6 linear feet; 12 boxes, 5,075 items (including 9 volumes)

David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6359551

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Harris, David Bullock, 1814-1864

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Tobacco exporter and Confederate Army general; from Louisa County, Va. From the description of Papers, 1789-1894. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19595507 Tobacco exporter and Confederate Army general from Louisa County, Va. From the description of Family papers 1789-1894. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 122561103 David Bullock Harris was a tobacco exporter and Confederate Army general from Louisa County, Virgin...

G. T. Beauregard, (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893

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Harris, Frederick Overton, 1780-1842.

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Mahan, D. H. (Dennis Hart), 1802-1871

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Harris, Nathaniel William, 1824-1896.

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Thayer, Sylvanus, 1785-1872

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Sylvanus Thayer was a United States (U.S.) Army officer who was appointed the superintendent of U.S. Military Academy from July 27,1817-July 1, 1833. After that he was assigned engineer duties in Boston, Massachusetts. From the description of The Sylvanus Thayer papers, 1808-1862. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 47646716 Sylvanus Thayer was commissioned 2nd lieutenant in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1808, served as superintendent of the U.S. Militar...