Papers, 1859-1913.

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Papers, 1859-1913.

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These papers, 1859-1890, contain correspondence, letters, journals, letterbooks, manuscripts, lectures, petitions, financial papers, newspaper clippings, a diary, a notebook, certificates, autographs, legal papers, and Confederate Naval records. The Raphael Semmes Papers, 1859-1913, contain .16 cu.ft. of correspondence and letters. Subjects discussed in his correspondence include: U.S.-history-Civil War, 1861-1865; Confederate States of America. Navy; U.S.-politics and government; C.S.S. Sumter; C.S.S. Alabama; James River Squadron; the arrest of Semmes after the Civil War; the office of Mobile judge of probate; Louisiana State Seminary and Military Academy; family matters; and many others. Major correspondents include: Annie Semmes; Electra Colston; Pendleton Colston; Stephen Russell Mallory; James Hughes; F.W. Trewlett; A. Ramsey Niniger; Robert Burns Lindsey; George W. Brent; J.M. Mason; William Knox; W. Wallace; John Forsyth; and A.J. Creswell. There are photocopies of letters from Andrew Johnson and Jefferson Davis. Also, the Raphael Semmes Papers contain about 1 cu.ft. of journals; letterbooks; paymasters records, receipts and discharge notices; and registration papers and random bonds of captured ships; from the Confederate steamers the Sumter and the Alabama. Also interesting are the muster rolls of the James River Squadron. His papers contain: the U.S. Navy charge against him; a draft of his defense; and a prison diary. There are copies of petitions requesting that Semmes be allowed to hold the office of Mobile probate judge; lectures, which are mostly about the Alabama; a manuscript of Service Afloat; an incomplete manuscript concerning the cruise of the Porpoise in the Caribbean; Semmes' autographs; newspaper clippings; a history notebook; and a memorial to Semmes. The Semmes Family Papers contain .17 cu.ft. of the correspondence and letters of Annie (Anne) Semmes, Oliver Semmes, Electra (Semmes) Colston, and Pendleton Colston. The major subjects discussed include: family matters and Raphael Semmes. Pendleton Colston's correspondence contains interesting information about Raphael Semmes' arrest and imprisonment. Most of the letters are condolences to the Semmes family concerning the death of Raphael Semmes. Also included are newspaper clippings, fragmentary and unidentified materials and Confederate States of American Navy materials which seem to have no relation to the Semmes family.

1.5 cubic ft. (3 archives boxes, 1 oversized box, 3 oversized folders, and 4 reels of microfilm).

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Alabama Department of Archives and History

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