Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan letter to J. Carson Brevoort [manuscript], 1863 Dec 11.

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Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan letter to J. Carson Brevoort [manuscript], 1863 Dec 11.

O'Callaghan discusses his various work with the State Library, Senate, Historical Society, and the Secretary of State.

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University of Virginia. Library

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Brevoort, James Carson, 1818-1887

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James Brevoort was a contemporary of the Arctic explorer Charles Francis Hall (1821-1871) who led the United States Whaling and Franklin Search Expedition, 1860-1862. From the guide to the James Brevoort collection, 1875, (Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge) The first members of the Brevoort family in America came from Holland prior to 1655 and soon thereafter settled in Bushwick, then a separate village that would eventually be annexed by t...

O'Callaghan, E. B. (Edmund Bailey), 1797-1880

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Physician, historian and bibliographer. From the description of Papers of E. B. O'Callaghan, 1830-1879 (bulk 1845-1860). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131658 Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan, historian, was born in County Cork, Ireland, in 1797. He emigrated to Quebec in 1823 and was admitted to medical school in 1827. In 1834 O'Callaghan became the editor of "The Vindicator." He was elected a member of the assembly of Lower Canada, but moved to Albany, New York, after the insur...