Papers, 1785-1921.

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Papers, 1785-1921.

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Correspondence containing information about Kell's career in the U.S. and Confederate navies (1840-1865) in which he served as executive officer of the C.S.S. Sumter and Alabama and as captain of the Richmond; material (1833-1865) concerning the family of Nathan Campbell Munroe of Macon, Ga., Kell's father-in-law; and discussions of politics, education, railroads, the Protestant Episcopal Church, and social life in Georgia.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6986784

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Confederate States of America. Navy

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Built in Philadelphia as the Habana, the CSS Sumter was originally used as a blockade runner in New Orleans. In 1861, she was purchased for use by the Confederate Government. Under the command of Raphael Semmes, she captured a number of Union flag merchant ships off the coasts of Cuba and South America, as well as other locations in the western hemisphere. When her boilers became unfit for use and repairs and supplies could not be obtained, she was sold at public auction at Gibraltar on December...

Munroe, Nathan Campbell.

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Kell, John McIntosh, 1823-1900

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John McIntosh Kell (1823-1900), son of John and Margery Spalding Baillie Kell of Darien, Georgia, married Julia Blanche Munroe of Macon, Georgia. During the Civil War, Kell served as an officer in the Confederate Navy. After the war, he served as Georgia's Adjutant-General from 1886 until his death in 1900. From the description of Letter to Blanche Munroe Kell, 1859 Sept. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476234 From the description of John McIntosh Kell letters, 1861. (U...

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...

Lemuel C. Richmond (Ship)

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Whaling vessel; out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by David Cochrane on voyage from 1 Nov. 1854-1 Aug. 1857; owner-agent: J.B. Wood & Co.; built at Rochester, Mass., 1847. From the description of Logbook of the ship L.C. Richmond, 1854 Nov. 1-1857 July 31. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 71129372 ...

Sumter (Ship)

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Alabama (Ship : 1846-1860)

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Episcopal Church

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In 1982, the General Convention of the Church deleted the words "Protestant" and "in the United States of America" from the official title of the Church, making it the Episcopal Church. From the description of Records of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, 1823-1975 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702152635 ...

Munroe family.

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