Constantine Marrast Perkins papers, 1851-1863; 1935; 1958 [manuscript].

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Constantine Marrast Perkins papers, 1851-1863; 1935; 1958 [manuscript].

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Miscellaneous items relating to John Nicholas Perkins (1822- 1896), U.S. and Confederate army officer, of Tennessee and later of Rome, Ga. Included are an account book, 1854-1863, and other items relating to the family of his wife, Mary Elizabeth Perkins Perkins (1838-1909) of Lynchburg, Va., pictures, and an autobiographical sketch of his life and ancestry by the Perkins's son, Col. Constantine Marrast Perkins, Jr., of the U.S. Marine Corps, written as a letter to Mrs. Lyman A. Cotten, 1935.

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