Papers of the Barron family, 1822-1920 (bulk 1822-1889).

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Papers of the Barron family, 1822-1920 (bulk 1822-1889).

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The collection consists mainly of letters to Captain Samuel Barron before the Civil War and during Reconstruction from fellow officers and family members. Topics include the death of his wife and child in the Norfolk yellow fever epidemic, 1855, Naval patronage and commands, the Italian Civil War, 1860, the Confederate defense of Norfolk and the Virginia and Carolina coast, and his efforts to become a peanut farmer after the war. Raphael Semmes, Victor Emmanuel and Garibaldi are mentioned. Correspondents include William Wilson Corcoran, Lewis Dabney Crenshaw, Samuel Francis DuPont, Catesby Ap Roger Jones, G.W. Magruder, Stephen Russell Mallory, James Palaite, William H. Peters, Tazewell Taylor, William Conway Whittle, and C.P.P. Rodgers.

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University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Corcoran, William Wilson, 1798-1888

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Washington, D.C. banker and philanthropist. From the description of Note : to "Dear Madam", [18]81 Jan. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22205349 From the description of Letter : Washington City, to Dr. James Laurie, Washington City, 1843 Jan. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22205336 Banker and philanthropist, of Washington, D.C. From the description of Papers, 1838-1887. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19405728 American banke...

Barron family.

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Semmes, Raphael, 1809-1877

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Officer in the U.S. Navy and in the Confederate Navy, from Mobile, Ala. From the description of Papers, 1861-1872. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20313995 ...

Taylor, Tazewell.

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Palaite, James,

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Whittle, William Conway, 1805-1878,

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Barron, Samuel, Captain, 1809-1888,

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Du Pont, Samuel Francis, 1803-1865

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Samuel Francis DuPont commanded the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron from September 1861 to June 1863. During this period he directed many successful operations including the campaign which resulted in the fall of Port Royal, SC, on November 7, 1861. From the description of Letter, March 28, 1862. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 46326546 U.S. rear admiral commanding the blockading squadron. From the description of ALS : Port Royal Harbor, S.C., to Lt. ...

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...

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...

Victor Emmanuel II, King of Italy, 1820-1878

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Rodgers, C. P. P.,

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Peters, William H., 1933-

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This collection was created by William H. Peters, a collector of signatures. The photographs were given to Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn Jr. as a gift in hopes of an exchange for his signature. From the guide to the William Peters Aviation Photograph Collection, 1903-1964, 1908-1930, (Wright State University, Special Collections and Archives) ...

Crenshaw, Lewis Dabney, 1884-1947,

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Secretary, University of Virginia Alumni Association; Director, University of Virginia European Bureau. From the description of Papers of Lewis Dabney Crenshaw [manuscript], 1917-1936. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647829427 Crenshaw was a University of Virginia student and secretary of the Alumni Association. From the description of Photograph : of Lewis Dabney Crenshaw, 1908 [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647833551 ...

United States Naval Academy

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Taffinder was born on March 18, 1884, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1906, attained the rank of Vice Admiral, retired from the Navy in 1947, and died in 1965. From the description of Diploma, June 14, 1906. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 704931343 Founded in 1845, the United States Naval Academy trains students in a four-year Officer Development Program, preparing them for assignments as midshipmen after graduation. The courses focus on moral...

Garibaldi, Giuseppe, 1807-1882

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Written after Garibaldi left Rome following the collapse of the republic. From the description of Letter : to his troops, 1849 July / Garibaldi. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 36947020 Giacomo Medici was sent ahead to Tuscany on February 2, 1848 to await the arrival of the Garibaldini. From the description of Letter : Montevideo, to General Giacomo Medici, Livorno, 1848 Feb. 20. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 36963139 ...

Magruder, G. W.

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Mallory, Stephen R. (Stephen Russell), 1813-1873

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Confederate secretary of the Navy. From the description of Autograph letter signed, 1862 Dec. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70976218 U.S. senator and Confederate secretary of the Navy, from Florida. From the description of Stephen R. Mallory papers, 1835-1873 [microfilm manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 24864421 United States senator and Confederate secretary of the Navy, from Florida. From the guide to the Stephen R. Mallory Papers, ., 1...