Julia Blanche Munroe Kell papers, 1838-1908.

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Julia Blanche Munroe Kell papers, 1838-1908.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/297453356

This collection contains the correspondence, scrapbooks, and photographs that belonged to Julia Blanche Munroe Kell from 1838-1908. The correspondence includes letters written to Blanche Kell, including letters and telegrams from her husband while he was serving in the Confederate Navy during the Civil War. There are also letters addressed to John McIntosh Kell, including an undated letter from his sister Hetty that includes a note from one of Kell's slaves. There are three scrapbooks compiled by Blanche Kell from the late 1880s to 1908, which are in fragile condition and should be handled with care. These scrapbooks include newspaper clippings of poems, and articles that relate the career of her husband, John McIntosh Kell. There is also one commonplace book in this collection that belonged to Blanche's mother, Tabitha E. (Napier) Munroe and includes copies of poems from the 1850s. The photographs in this collection are of Blanche Kell, her husband and their family and friends.

1 box (.50 cubic feet)

Georgia Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7274912

Georgia Historical Society

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Kell, Julia Blanche Munroe.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m05d25 (person)

Julia Blanche Munroe Kell (1836-1917), commonly referred to as Blanche, was born in Macon, Georgia in 1836 and was the daughter of Nathan C. and Tabitha Napier Munroe. In 1856, Blanche married John McIntosh Kell (1823-1900) with whom they had ten children together. John McIntosh Kell graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1841 and accompanied Commodore Matthew Perry on his expedition to Japan in 1852. Upon the onset of the Civil War, Kell resigned his United States Commission and ...

Kell, John McIntosh, 1823-1900

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John McIntosh Kell (1823-1900), son of John and Margery Spalding Baillie Kell of Darien, Georgia, married Julia Blanche Munroe of Macon, Georgia. During the Civil War, Kell served as an officer in the Confederate Navy. After the war, he served as Georgia's Adjutant-General from 1886 until his death in 1900. From the description of Letter to Blanche Munroe Kell, 1859 Sept. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476234 From the description of John McIntosh Kell letters, 1861. (U...

Munroe, Tabitha E., fl. 1832-1850s.

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Kell family.

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