John H. Cabot papers, 1799-1878.

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John H. Cabot papers, 1799-1878.

Import merchants' agent. Correspondence (1808) with British authorities in Poonamalee, India, relating to Cabot's capture on the brig Creole and his imprisonment by the British during the Napoleonic Wars, and correspondence (1820-44) with his family during commission voyages to New Orleans, La., Leghorn (Livorno, Italy), and Marseilles, France; together with journal (1814-15) of Stephen Cabot (1788-1831), describing the wreck of the ship Principe Real on a voyage from Boston to South Carolina; accounts and depositions of Charles Follen, relating to his capture by Confederate troops while lease-farming the Childress plantation at Murfreesboro, Tenn.; and other papers.

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Cabot family.

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Cabot, John Higginson, 1782-1847.

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Follen, Charles.

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Cabot, Stephen, 1788-1831.

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Principe Real (Ship)

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Creole (Brig)

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