Papers, 1785-1952.

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Papers, 1785-1952.

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Family correspondence, diaries (1819-1863) of Lady Carmichael-Smyth, and other papers, relating to Carmichael-Smyth's service in the Royal Engineers as colonial governor of the Bahamas (1829-1833) and of British Guiana (1833-1838). Includes references to his relationships with the Army, planters, slaves, and free blacks, especially in the Bahamas; information on the business career of Sir James Robert Carmichael, 2d Baronet, concerned with submarine telegraph cables connecting Britain and the Continent; several documents and accounts (1818-1827) on the estate of General Francis Dundas (d. 1824); and a few items about Gen. Robert Morse (1743-1818).

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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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Smyth, James Carmichael, Sir, 1779-1838

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Carmichael, James Robert, Sir.

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Dundas, Francis, d. 1824.

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Morse, Robert, 1743-1818.

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