Notebook relating to the Granite City, 1863-1867.

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Notebook relating to the Granite City, 1863-1867.

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Notebook with entries made by Charles W. Lawson, Commander of the Granite City in 1863, followed by writings (1865-1867) of an unidentified woman who was given the volume by her half brother, Dr. George H. Bailey, a surgeon with Dick Dowling's Regiment at the Battle of Sabine Pass. Lawson's entries include lists of officers and crew of the Granite City, and copies of letters written by Lawson in 1863 to: Rear Admiral Hiram Paulding, Commander of the Navy Yard, New York (Aug 3) regarding the condition of the ship's engine; Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D. C. (Oct 28) regarding the capture of the Confederate Schooner Anita; H. H. Bell, Commander of [W. G. B.] Squadron, New Orleans, (Sept 13) regarding Confederate prisoners, (Oct 13) regarding the forwarding of papers, and (Sept 10) in which Lawson reports on the "Attack on Sabine Pass Battery." Manuscript entries of the subsequent owner include a letter (May 20, 1865) to the editor of an unidentified newspaper in which the author encourages Texas not to surrender and expresses her loyalty and that of the daughters of Texas to the Confederacy; several love poems; recipes; a list of emblems and their meanings; the initials LSB drawn on a piece of paper and glued onto a page; and couplets clipped from a publication and glued into the notebook. The volume is accompanied by a letter dated Oct 11, 1965 from Leslie Farra to Fred White in which she describes the provenance of the item.

1 v. ([21] p.) ; 32 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8018603

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Granite City (Steamer)

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Paulding, Hiram, 1797-1878

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Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878

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Lawson, Charles, Sir

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Bell, H. H. fl. 1863.

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Bailey, George Henry, 1832-1895

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Mormon pioneer. From the description of Papers, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122461125 From the guide to the George B. Bailey papers, Undated, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...