Daniel G. Bacon collection, 1863-1899.

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Daniel G. Bacon collection, 1863-1899.

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Typescript (260 p., 1899) of a biography by Julia Bacon entitled Captain Daniel Bacon (ship captain, of Barnstable and later Boston, Mass.); together with 2 letters: the first (1863) written from Liverpool, England, signed by Wm. R. Worrell, relating to the Confederate raiders and the fitting out of the ship Alabama there, and the second (1865) written from San Francisco, Calif., to William Worrell's wife in Barnstable, reporting Worrell's death at sea.

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Alabama (Ship : 1846-1860)

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Bacon, Julia.

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Confederate States of America. Navy

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Built in Philadelphia as the Habana, the CSS Sumter was originally used as a blockade runner in New Orleans. In 1861, she was purchased for use by the Confederate Government. Under the command of Raphael Semmes, she captured a number of Union flag merchant ships off the coasts of Cuba and South America, as well as other locations in the western hemisphere. When her boilers became unfit for use and repairs and supplies could not be obtained, she was sold at public auction at Gibraltar on December...

Worrell, Wm. R. (William R.), -1865

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Bacon, Daniel G. (Daniel Gorham), 1819-

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