Samuel H. Lockett manuscript, 1873, 1884.

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Samuel H. Lockett manuscript, 1873, 1884.

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Typescript of "Louisiana as It Is," a study of the physical features of Louisiana (1873) and an excerpt from a letter from Lockett to Colonel David F. Boyd regarding authorship of the first topographical map of Louisiana and Lockett's desire to have "Louisiana as It Is" published (1884).

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Boyd, David French, 1834-1899

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David French Boyd (1834-1899) was an officer in the Confederate Army who for a time was a prisoner of war on a Union boat moored in Alexandria, La. After the war, Boyd was instrumental in the founding of Lousiana State University. From the guide to the David French Boyd Letter, ., 1864, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) Boyd graduated from the University of Virginia in 1856, and later served in the Confederate Army. From ...

Lockett, Samuel H. (Samuel Henry), 1837-1891

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Samuel Henry Lockett (1837-1891) was an engineering officer in the United States, Confederate, and Egyptian armies, and a professor at Louisiana State University and University of Tennessee at Knoxville. He married Cornelia C. Clark in 1859 and with her had six children. From the description of Samuel Henry Lockett papers, 1820-1972. WorldCat record id: 43927313 Samuel H. Lockett graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1859. He resigned from the army when Alabama seceded...