Henry Edwards Papers, 1857-1860.

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Henry Edwards Papers, 1857-1860.

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Henry Edwards, a ship captain from Salem, Massachusetts, was master of several ships, two of which are represented in this collection, George W. Jones and M. Shepard, both Brigs. The collection includes a seamen's protection document for Captain Edwards; an estate document signed by Benjamin Edwards, executor of Henry Edwards' estate; correspondence pertaining to two ships for which Edwards was captain; a ship manifest for the George W. Jones; and correspondence to Edwards' wife.

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Edwards, Benjamin Frank

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Benjamin Edwards was a member of what was originally known as the "Yellowstone Expedition," under the command of Major Stephen H. Long. The party spent the winter at Ft. Lisa, five miles below Council Bluffs. In the meantime, the War Department changed the destination of the expedition to an excursion by land to the source of the Platte River and thence by the Arkansas and Red Rivers to the Mississippi. From the description of Letters, 1819-1827. (American Philosophical Society Libra...

S. B. Sultan (Bark)

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George W. Jones (Brig)

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Edwards, Henry, L.L.D.

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Fitz, Daniel

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M. Shepard (Brig)

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Ropes, George, 1833-1896

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Bertram, John D. (John David)

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Smith, Henry, 1905-....

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No further information is available on Smith. For further information on Seward see an encyclopedia. From the description of Military Appointment Certificate, 1840. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 41953697 Henry Smith (1788-1851), the first governor of Texas, was born in Kentucky and moved to Brazoria County, Texas, in 1827. In 1833 Smith was elected magistrate of Brazoria and appointed a delegate to the Convention of 1833. The gover...

Ward, Shipman.

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