John Carroll Brent letterbook, 1841-1850 (bulk 1841-1845).

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John Carroll Brent letterbook, 1841-1850 (bulk 1841-1845).

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Letterbook containing Brent's outgoing letters from Washington, D.C., Paris, France, Rose Hall, Scotland, and Baltimore, Md., relating to family and business matters, his claims on the office of librarian at the Smithsonian Institution, and his editing of Daniel Brent's biography of Abp. John Carroll (1843). Family correspondents include John Carroll Brent's father, William Brent, his brothers, Henry Johnson Brent and Thomas William Brent, and his cousin, Catharine Rye Douglas. Also includes letters to Robert E. Lee and Brent's business accounts.

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Smithsonian Institution

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The Smithsonian Institution was established on August 10, 1846, is a group of museums and research centers administered by the United States government. The institution is named after its founding donor, British scientist James Smithson. Originally organized as the United States National Museum.James Smithson (1765-1829), a British scientist, left his estate to the United States to found “at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusio...

Brent, Henry Johnson, 1811-1880

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Brent, Daniel, 1774-1841

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American Consul at Paris. From the description of Letter book, 1833-1836. (University of Notre Dame). WorldCat record id: 23332027 Diplomat. From the description of Daniel Brent papers, 1819-1841. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452217 ...

Carroll, John, 1735-1815

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Carroll, the first Roman Catholic bishop of the United States and first Archbishop of Baltimore, was born 8 January 1735 in Upper Marlborough, Maryland, to Daniel and Eleanor Carroll. He was educated at Saint Omer's in Flanders as a Jesuit and returned to Maryland in 1774 where he resided until his death in 1815. He served for twenty five years as bishop and archbishop and contributed greatly to the growth of the American church. During his reign the clergy more than doubled its numbers and thre...

Brent, John Carroll, 1814-1876

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Editor of Washington, D.C. From the description of John Carroll Brent letterbook, 1841-1850 (bulk 1841-1845). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71132667 Editor, of Washington, D.C. From the description of Papers, 1841-1850 (bulk 1841-1845). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 34576580 From the description of John Carroll Brent diary, 1846-1867. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 605881783 ...

Lee, Robert Edward, 1807-1870

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Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870) served as General of the Confederate Army in the U.S. Civil War and was president of Washington College in Lexington, Virginia from 1865 to 1870. Lee spent the first twenty-three years of his military career in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. From 1837 to 1841 he was superintending engineer for the harbor of St. Louis and the upper Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Robert E. Lee was a United States Army officer, 1829-1861; commander of Virginia forces in the ...

Brent, Thomas William, 1808-1875

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Commander, C.S. Navy. From the description of Letter, 1863 March 27, New Iberia, to Thomas Smardon. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 172984832 Naval commander, Confederate States of America. From the description of Appointment and oath of H.S. Lewis, 1863 Sept. 1, Shreveport, Louisiana. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 434431381 ...

Douglas, Catharine Rye

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Brent, William, 1774-1848

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Clerk of the Circuit Court of Washington, D.C. From the description of William Brent papers, 1824-1848. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 124036615 ...