Papers of George Washington Ball [manuscript], 1895.

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Papers of George Washington Ball [manuscript], 1895.

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The collection contains a letter, 1895 August 6, Washington City from Ball to D.N. Morgan, discussing genealogical and historical subjects especially the Revolutionary service of Colonel Burges Ball. He mentions the desire of John Tyler, Jr., to sell his manuscript acccount of the explosion on the U.S.S.Princeton in 1844 and also mentions colonial miniatures and other relics in the Tyler family. There is also an engraved calling card for Ball.

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University of Virginia. Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7922822

University of Virginia. Library

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Ball, Burgess, 1749-1800

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Tyler family.

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Tyler, John, 1819-1896,

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John Tyler, Jr. (1819-1896) was private secretary to his father John Tyler (1790-1862) during his presidency, 1841-1845, Confederate Army officer and Assistant Secretary of War, 1861-1865, activist in Republican Party politics, assistant newspaper editor of the Washington National Intelligencer, and Tallahassee, Fla. Sentinel, editor of the Fernandina, Fla. Observer, Treasury Department official, lawyer and licensed preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church South. From the descripti...

Morgan, D. N. (British artist, 20th century)

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Ball, George Washington, 1828-

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Princeton (Steamship)

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