Papers, 1804-1866.

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Papers, 1804-1866.

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Papers of R.E. Johnson, the Johnson family, and the family of Joseph Gales of Raleigh, N.C., concerning social life; Weston Gales' duties as editor of the Raleigh Register, 1824; the presidential election of 1824; the visit of General Lafayette to Fayetteville, N.C., 1825; and the naval career of R.E. Johnson. R.E. Johnson's papers contain letters, 1825-1826, while he was a student at Middletown Military Academy, Middletown, Conn.; a letter, 1824, describing social life in Paris, France; and letters, 1828-1839, and an excerpt from a journal concerning naval cruises in the Pacific.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette was born at Chavaniac, Auvergne, in 1757, to an old, illustrious family of the provincial and military nobility. He lost both his parents early: his father was killed by the British at the Battle of Minden when Lafayette was two years old (1759), and when he was thirteen and attending the prestigious Collège de Plessis in Paris both his mother and grandfather died (1770). The latter's death left Lafayette with a si...

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Gales, Joseph, 1761-1841

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Gales family.

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Johnson, Robert Ernest, 1946-

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Gales, Weston.

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United States. Navy

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...