Papers of Socrates Maupin [manuscript] 1853-1870.

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Papers of Socrates Maupin [manuscript] 1853-1870.

Letters and papers concerning Socrates Maupin and the University of Virginia where he was chairman of the faculty and chemistry professor. Material on military status of students in Civil War. Correspondents include John M. Daniel, R. T.W. Duke, Walter Gwynn, Alfred Iverson, James Young Mason, James Murray Mason, R. C. L. Moncure, Thomas Jefferson Page, Thomas George Pratt, John S. Preston, John White Stevenson, George Tucker, William Cabell Rives.

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Mason, James Young, 1799-1859,

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Baldwin, John Brown, 1820-1873

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Lawyer, Confederate representative, and Virginia state legislator. From the description of John Brown Baldwin papers, 1863-1865. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979939 ...

Stevenson, John White

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Moncure, R. C. L. (Richard Cassius Lee), 1805-1882

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Duke, R. T. W. (Richard Thomas Walker), 1822-1898

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Charlottesville, Virginia, attorney. From the description of Papers of R. T. W. Duke [manuscript], 1836-1919, (bulk 1865-1919). (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647816696 Charlottesville, Va., lawyer. From the description of Papers of Richard Thomas Walker Duke [manuscript], 1834-1893. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647811913 Teacher, Confederate Army officer, U.S. Congressman (41st-42 Congresses, 1870-1873), state legislator,...

Rives, William C. (William Cabell), 1793-1868

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William Cabell Rives was the son of Robert and Margaret Jordan (Cabell) Rives. He was educated at Hampden-Sydney College and at the College of William and Mary where he graduated in 1809. He studied law and politics under Thomas Jefferson. Rives served in the War of 1812 and in the Virginia House of Delegates. After his marriage, he lived at "Castle Hill," Albemarle County, Va. Rives served in the U. S. House of Representatives, 1823-1829 and in the U. S. Senate. He also was minister to France a...

Mason, J. M. (James Murray), 1798-1871

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United States senator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to C. Neale, Esq., 1849 Jan. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270607846 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Selma, to Joseph C. Cabell, Esq., 1846 Nov. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270607032 From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Messrs. Gales & Seaton, 1839 Feb. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270607773 U.S. Congressman, and Confede...

Gwynn, Walter, 1802-1882

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Confederate captain of engineers, stationed in Charleston, S.C. From the description of Correspondence, 1860-1861. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19657588 ...

Page, Thomas Jefferson, 1808-1899

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U.S. and Confederate naval commander, plantation owner; from Shelley (Gloucester Co.), Va. From the description of Papers, ca. 1875. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20071786 Naval officer. From the description of Letter of Thomas Jefferson Page, 1853. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452563 ...

Preston, John Smith, 1809-1881

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Member of the S.C. General Assembly (1848-1851); lieutenant colonel in Confederate Army; mustered troops in Charleston, S.C. (Nov. 1861 through Jan. 1862); commander of prison camp in Columbia, S.C. (Feb.-Mar. 1862); conscription officer for South Carolina (Apr. 1862-July 1863) in Columbia, S.C. From the description of Letter, 1862 Feb. 20, Columbia, S.C., to Robert E. Lee. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 37787271 Confederate general; South Carolina repre...

Iverson, Alfred, 1798-1873

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Pratt, Thomas George, 1804-1869

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Thomas George Pratt, born in Georgetown, Md. (now part of Washington, D.C.), Feb. 18, 1804 attended Georgetown University & College of New Jersey (now called Princeton University), where he studied law. He was a member of the State Senate, 1838-1843, elected Governor of Maryland in 1844, and served from Jan. 6, 1845 to Jan. 3, 1848. He moved to Annapolis, Md. in 1848 and resumed practice of law. Elected as a Whig to the U.S. Senate in 1849 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Rev...

Tucker, George, 1775-1861

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U.S. Congressman, U. Va. professor, author. From the description of Letters of George Tucker [manuscript] 1836, 1837. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647934732 ...

Maupin, S. (Socrates), 1808-1871

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Maupin was chemistry professor at the University of Virginia from 1853-1871; Sommerville never matriculated. From the description of Letter to H[enry?] C[lay?] Sommerville, 1861 October 7. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 55858107 From the description of Letter to H[enry?] C[lay?] Sommerville [manuscript], 1837-1870. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647896588 Biography to be added later. From the guide to the Maupin-Washington P...

Daniel, John M. (John Moncure), 1825-1865

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Journalist and diplomat. From the description of Editorial of John M. Daniel, 1861. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449371 From the description of John Moncure Daniel papers [manuscript] 1853-1920. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647952076 Robert William Hughes was born at Muddy Creek Plantation, Powhatan County, Va. in 1821. His parents died in 1822 and he was raised by Edward C. Carrington and Eliza Preston Carrington. He attended Caldw...

University of Virginia

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University of Virginia student from Lexington, Ky.; afterwards a Presbyterian minister and missionary to Brazil. From the description of Diploma awarded to John Rockwell Smith [manuscript], 1866 June 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647905124 Lt., C.S.A.; teacher, Norwood School, Nelson County, Va.; principal Select School, New York, N.Y. From the description of Diplomas of Waller Holladay [manuscript], 1858-1872. (University of Virginia). WorldC...