Papers, 1805-1935.

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Papers, 1805-1935.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32458481

Collection consists of business and personal correspondence. Included are invitations to several social functions including balls at Buckingham Palace, and letters from Parrott's sister, Elizabeth, to him and his brother James. The business correspondence includes orders from the Navy Department to Parrott to intercept slave trade smugglers along the Texas coast, orders about other naval matters including desertion and scandal aboard the OHIO in 1868, letters relative to naval operations that give insights into the U.S. Navy in the 1860s, and letters concerning Parrott's estate. Also included are miscellaneous bills, receipts, and financial statements of Parrott, and bankruptcy papers concerning his brother James. There are clippings concerning Senator John F. Parrott, who invented the Parrott Gun in 1816, and a battle between the two Navy ships, the brig of war PERRY, in which Parrott was the commander, and the Confederate schooner SAVANNAH in 1861. There are also three photographs of Parrott, his brother James, and of the Parrot home in New Hampshire, which was built around 1800.

116 items.

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7342107

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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