Curtis Carroll Davis collection on William A. Caruthers, 1841-1957.

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Curtis Carroll Davis collection on William A. Caruthers, 1841-1957.

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This collection consists of photocopies of William Alexander Caruthers' correspondence collected by Curtis C. Davis, as well as an original draft of Davis' article about Caruthers which was published in the 1957 Spring issue of the Georgia Historical Quarterly. A number of the letters concern Caruthers' strides to gain entry for his son into either the Naval Academy or West Point.

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Georgia Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6906683

Georgia Historical Society

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Davis, Curtis Carroll, 1916-

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Curtis Carroll Davis (1916-1997) of Baltimore, Maryland was a freelance author and critic. He wrote Chronicler of the Cavaliers (1949) and other studies on Dr. William A. Caruthers, a physician from Savannah, Georgia. Caruthers was also the author of Knights of the Golden Horse Shoe. From the description of Curtis Carroll Davis collection on William A. Caruthers, 1841-1957. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 163567264 Curtis Carroll Davis was a graduate studen...

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Thomas Butler King, legislator, planter, and politician, was born August 27, 1800, in Palmer, Massachusetts, and died May 10, 1864, in Waynesboro, Georgia. He migrated to Glynn County, Georgia (1820s), married Anna Matilda Page of St. Simons Island (1824), and had three prosperous plantations by the mid 1830s. King was elected a Georgia senator from Glynn County (1832, 1859), and a United States Congressman (1838, 1840, 1844, 1846); was sent to California by President Taylor to urge the formatio...

Caruthers, William Alexander, 1802-1846

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United States Naval Academy

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Taffinder was born on March 18, 1884, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1906, attained the rank of Vice Admiral, retired from the Navy in 1947, and died in 1965. From the description of Diploma, June 14, 1906. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 704931343 Founded in 1845, the United States Naval Academy trains students in a four-year Officer Development Program, preparing them for assignments as midshipmen after graduation. The courses focus on moral...