Talbott and Gwathmey families papers, 1850-1928.

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Talbott and Gwathmey families papers, 1850-1928.

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The collection contains diplomas, C.S.A. Navy certificates, scrapbooks of newspaper random prose sketches and poems, letters, obituaries, essays on "The Negro Race" and "The Genius of Byron," and other documents relating chiefly to Allan Talbott, his wife Lizzie Radford, and their son-in-law Richard Gwathmey. Also includes an essay, "Allan and Joe. On the use of tobacco," by Dr. William H. Taylor.

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Valentine Richmond Historical Center

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Valentine Richmond Historical Center

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Talbott, Allan.

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Taylor, William H., II

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William H. Taylor, an African American barber of Clarksville and St. Louis, Mo., was tried for the murder of Tobe Carlysle, an African American porter. Taylor was sentenced to be hanged, but was subsequently given a reprieve and pardon. He was also the former slave of Nina and Kate Harwood of New Orleans, La., prior to the Civil War. From the description of William H. Taylor papers, 1895-1902. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 268995395 Staff member of Meharr...

Talbott, Lizzie Radford.

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Byron, George Gordon Byron, baron, 1788-1824

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British poet. From the description of George Gordon Byron, Baron Byron papers, 1812-1819. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452083 English Romantic poet and satirist. From the description of George Gordon Byron Collection, 1642-1968 (bulk 1798-1830). (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 145405980 Major George Gordon de Luna Byron, alias de Gibler, Spanish-born forger of British Romantic litera...

Gwathmey, Richard, 1869-1928.

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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...