R. F. Armstrong letter, 10 December 1895.

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R. F. Armstrong letter, 10 December 1895.

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The collection consists of a letter from R. F. Armstrong, Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Mrs. John McIntosh Kell, Sunnyside, Georgia concerning the book Two Years on the Alabama written by Arthur Sinclair. He states: "...It is one of those books which are not books. It is Memoirs of Service Afloat slavishly followed and shamelessly pirated. He has taken Semmes' volume ... and condensed it ... into a trash pile of rubbish ..." This letter is dated 10 December 1895.

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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 ...

Kell, Julia Blanche Munroe, 1836-1917.

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Sinclair, Arthur

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Armstrong, Richard S.

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Richard Fielder Armstrong a Georgia born, Lieutenant in the Confederate States navy, who served on both the Sumter and the Alabama, under Raphael Semmes. John McIntosh Kell was a naval officer born in Darien, Georgia. From 1851 to 1855 Kell participated in the Perry expedition to Japan, which opened up trade between that nation and the United States. Promoted to lieutenant in 1855, he accompanied the Paraguay expedition three years later. In 1856 he married Julia Blanche...

Confederate States of America. Navy

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