Papers, 1841-1924.

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Papers, 1841-1924.

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Correspondence and other papers of Civil War interest, chiefly in regard to ante-bellum manufacturing and trade, and to clandestine trade carried on between the lines by Northern sympathizers in the South. Some papers tell of the treatment of Barton's father, Stephen Barton, including the destruction of his lumber factory at Bartonsville, N.C., by Union forces and his imprisonment at Norfolk, Va.; of Samuel's efforts to recover damages after the war; of the attitudes of Confederate and Union officers; of certain cavalry raids; and Clara Barton and her family. Correspondents include Clara Barton, Stephen Barton, Elizabeth Benton Frémont, and Ellen Spencer Mussey.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6963653

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Barton, Clara, 1821-1912

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Civil War nurse, suffragist, and founder of the American Red Cross Clarissa Harlow Barton was born in North Oxford, MA, on December 25, 1821, the fifth and last child of Stephen and Sarah (Stone) Barton. She was a shy and lonely child, and for two years at the age of eleven she devoted her time to nursing her brother David during a protracted illness, an experience which later affected her life's work. At eighteen she began to teach in neighboring schools. In 1850 she spent a year at the Libe...

Frémont, Elizabeth Benton.

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Barton, Stephen, 1806-1865.

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Barton, Samuel R., b. 1839.

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Insurance company executive, of North Oxford (Worcester County), Mass. From the description of Papers, 1841-1924. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19242025 ...

Mussey, Ellen Spencer, 1850-1936

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