Purviance family members papers, 1757-1932 step three Linear Base — 5 packets, 2,363 issues (comes with 16 vols.)
S. frigate SAVANNAH, 1843-1847; and logs kept by Kell since midshipman towards the U
While it began with 1841, Kell’s emails cover that point regarding his services about U.S. Navy. Subject areas were profile from cruise trips; public items aboard boat and on home; Commodore Matthew C. Perry; new funeral from Commodore Alexander James Dallas; this new country side near Cape Urban area, South Africa; definitions out-of Montevideo and you can Uraguay; and you may records so you’re able to President Carlos Antonio Lopez out of Paraguay. Immediately after 1860, Kell’s letters question their responsibilities on Confederate Navy, plus running the blockade towards C.S.S. SUMTER in addition to next abandonment of motorboat.
Range includes members of the family correspondence comprising emails off Kell to his mommy, Marjory Spalding (Baillie) Kell; his spouse, Julia Blanche (Munroe) Kell; along with his sisters
The latest range also contains relatives and organization documents out of Nathan Campbell Munroe regarding Macon, Ga., his partner Tabitha Easter (Napier) Munroe, the girl Julia Blanche (Munroe) Kell, or any other people in the newest Munroe, McIntosh, and you can Napier group. Topics were Georgia and you will national politics, Henry Clay and Bank of one’s Us; railway build when you look at the Georgia; Christ Church Episcopal Parish in Macon; Montpelier Institute, Salem Females Academy, and other informative establishments; temperance; the brand new duel ranging from Thomas Butler Queen, U.S. Agent. of Georgia, and you may Charles Spalding; town-clothes relationships at the School of Alabama within the Tuscaloosa; riverboat transport in the Alabama; additionally the endeavor between the Display screen and VIRGINIA because the described because of the a good Confederate naval officer.
