General Records of the Department of State. 1763 - 2002. Seized Correspondence of Rose O'Neal Greenhow. 8/23/1861 - 8/23/1861. Letters and Notes from Edward J. Pringle to Mrs. Rose O'Neal Greenhow. 8/23/1861 - 8/23/1861. Letter from Edward J. Pringle to Rose Greenhow Concerning James Buchanan and Jo
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Greenhow, Rose O'Neal, 1814-1864
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Rose O'Neal Greenhow (1817-1864) was a famous spy for the South during the Civil War. Her nicknames were Wild Rose and Rebel Rose. She was born in Port Tobacco, Maryland, in 1817. Her father, John O'Neal, was a planter and was murdered when Rose was an infant. Around 1830 she moved into her Aunt Mrs. A. V. Hill's boarding house at the Old Capitol building in Washington, DC, where she met many politicians who also boarded there. Rose was a popular belle known for her beauty, charm, and wit. In 18...
Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890
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John Charles Frémont (January 21, 1813 – July 13, 1890) was an American explorer, military officer, and politician. He was a US Senator from California, and in 1856 was the first Republican nominee for President of the United States. A native of Georgia, Frémont acquired male protectors after his father's death, and became proficient in mathematics, science, and surveying. During the 1840s, he led five expeditions into the Western United States and became known as "The Pathfinder". During the...
Pringle, Edward Jenkins, 1826-1899
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Born into an aristocratic Charleston family, Edward J. Pringle attended the South Carolina College in 1841 and transferred to Harvard, where he graduated with honors in 1845. He was admitted to the bar in 1847, but first decided to enjoy his wealth, and embarked on a two-year grand tour of Europe. Strong to his family business of being wealthy planters, he wrote in defense of slavery in 1857 with a work titled, "Slavery in the Southern States." Finding insufficient legal work in Charleston, he e...
