Lewis Neale Whittle papers, 1826-1919 (bulk 1834-1872) [manuscript].

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Lewis Neale Whittle papers, 1826-1919 (bulk 1834-1872) [manuscript].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24639109

The collection contains family and business letters, mainly 1834- 1872, of Lewis Neale Whittle and his wife, Sarah (Powers) Whittle, and of Sarah's sister, Mary (Powers) Griffin, and her husband, Daniel Griffin (1807-1866), of Columbus, Ga. Griffin was associated with railroad building and other enterprises. Letters to the Whittles were written by family in Virginia and Georgia. Family members included planters, naval officers, and Episcopal clergy, especially Stephen Elliott (1806-1866), Alexander Gregg (1819-1893), and Bishop Francis M. Whittle (1823-1902), and these activities are reflected in the correspondence. Griffin family materials include letters, 1858-1859, to Richard Potter of Macon, Ga., whose connection is unclear. Potter was an Irish immigrant and the letters to him are from his family in Ireland. There are also letters from Daniel Griffin describing a steamboat trip, 1849, and while on an extended business trip to New York and the upper Midwest, 1857. Civil War materials include letters to Whittle concerning organizing and financing a Confederate regiment. Other family members served in the Confederate Army and wrote from various places in Virginia, Kentucky, and Georgia, and many letters were exchanged among the women of the family. Postwar letters are scattered in date and content.

800 items (1.5 linear feet).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7135536

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Powers family.

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Whittle, Lewis Neale, fl. 1820-1880.

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Native of Mecklenburg County, Va., who settled in Georgia in 1836 and eventually lived in Macon. Whittle started out as an engineer connected with railroad building, but turned to the practice of law; he served as a Confederate Army officer. From the description of Lewis Neale Whittle papers, 1826-1919 (bulk 1834-1872) [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 24639109 Lewis Neale Whittle (fl. 1820-1880) was a native of Mecklenburg County, Va., who settled in Georgia in 1836 and eve...

Griffin family.

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Potter, Richard Ellis

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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 ...

Whittle family.

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Gregg, Alexander, 1819-1893

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Episcopal priest; rector, St. David's Church, Cheraw, S.C.; first Episcopal bishop of Texas. From the description of Letters, 1842-1887. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 30726256 First Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Texas. From the description of Alexander Gregg papers, 1859-1874. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 657670555 ...

Elliott, Stephen, 1806-1866

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First Bishop of Georgia. Presided over the Episcopal Church of the Confederate States during the Civil War, yet was instrumental in reuniting the Northern and Southern Churches after the War. From the description of Stephen Elliott letter to I. K. Teft, Esq. [manuscript], 1843 Mar 4. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 182831489 Stephen Elliott (1806-1866) was an Episcopal bishop of Georgia (1840); and provisional bishop of Florida (1844). He died at Savannah, Ga.,...

Whittle, Francis McNeece, 1823-1902

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Episcopal Bishop Coadjutor of the Diocese of Virginia (1868-1876) and Bishop (1876-1902). From the description of Francis McNeece Whittle papers, 1847-1880. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 664587106 ...

Griffin, Daniel, 1807-1866.

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Confederate states of America. Army

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The Savannah Ordnance Depot, Savannah, Georgia, was organized as a field depot during the Civil War. In April 1864, it became the Savannah Arsenal under the supervision of the Chief of Ordnance. From the description of Savannah Ordnance Depot employment roll, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477938 The Confederate States of America Army may have created the position of Purchasing Commissary of Subsistence to oversee the distribution of food and other supplies to the Co...

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...