Buchanan and Screven family papers, 1801-1913 [manuscript].

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Buchanan and Screven family papers, 1801-1913 [manuscript].

Letter from John Screven to his son, John Screven, Jr., 1801; record of a slave sale, 1858; letter to Mrs. Franklin Buchanan from James C. Palmer mentioning Admiral Buchanan's defeat by Farragut, 1864; two letters from Henry N. Marmaduke of the U.S. Navy Department Library enclosing sketches of Admiral Franklin Buchanan and Capt. Catesby Jones, 1913; and three newspaper clippings on Admiral Buchanan.

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Buchanan, Franklin, 1800-1874

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U.S. naval officer. From the description of Letters, 1845-1860. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 123466564 Franklin Buchanan (1800-1874) of Maryland was a United States Navy officer and later admiral in the Confederate States Navy. From the guide to the Franklin Buchanan Books, ., 1829-1834 and 1862-1863, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) Franklin Buchanan of Maryland was a U.S. Navy...

Jones, Catesby Ap Roger, 1821-1877

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Catesby Ap Roger Jones, scion of a prominent Virginia family, served as an officer in the U.S. Navy from 1836 to 1861, then accepted a commission in the Confederate Navy until 1865. He was commanding officer of the C.S.S. Virginia (Merrimac) and afterward served as an ordnance officer at Columbus, Ga., Charlotte, N.C., and Selma, Ala., where he married Gertrude T. Tartt and settled after the war. From the description of Catesby Ap Roger Jones journal, 1843-1845. WorldCat record id: 2...

Palmer, James Croxall, 1811-1883

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Buchanan family.

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Screven family.

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Screven, John, fl. 1801.

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