Papers, 1759-1870.

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Papers, 1759-1870.

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Chiefly family correspondence for the 1850s and 1860s of Ellet, together with letters of Mary Israel Ellet to her sons Alfred, Edward Carpenter, and Charles, Jr. Also includes sketches of the lives of Alfred and Charles relating to their professional and military careers, especially their work with naval rams in the Civil War. Includes papers relating to conditions in Mississippi in the late 1860s and the genealogy of the related Lloyd and Carpenter families.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6965501

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Ellet, Charles Rivers, 1843-1863

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Ellet was born on June 1, 1843 in Philadelphia, the son of the noted civil engineer Charles Ellet, Jr. He was studying medicine at Georgetown University when the Civil War began. He served as an Army Assistant Surgeon during 1861-62. In the spring of 1862, when his father established the U.S. Ram Fleet, an Army unit of river steamers converted to rams, Charles Rivers Ellet transferred to that organization. Promoted to the rank of colonel later in the year, he commanded the ram Queen of the We...

Ellet, Alfred Washington, 1820-1895

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Alfred Washington Ellet (b. October 11, 1820, Penn's Manor, Bucks County, Pennsylvania-d. January 9, 1895, El Dorado, Kansas), American army officer....

Ellet, Edward Carpenter

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Lloyd family.

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Carpenter family.

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Ellet, Mary Israel, 1780-1870

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Mary Israel and Charles Ellet, a hardware merchant, were married in Philadelphia in 1801; they lived alternately in the city and on two farms, one near Tullytown, Pa., and one in Delaware or New Jersey. She bore 14 children, many of whom died in childhood or early adulthood and at the start of the Civil War, only Charles Ellet, Jr., John I. Ellet, Edward Carpenter Ellet, and Alfred Washington Ellet were still living. After the death of her husband in 1847, Mary Ellet spent several extended perio...