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Found in 6 Collections and/or records:

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Humphrey Marshall Papers

Identifier: MSS85411
Abstract

Lawyer, army officer, United States representative from Kentucky, and Confederate States of America representative from Virginia. Correspondence, diaries, financial and legal papers, notes, speeches, writings, printed matter and other material relating chiefly to Humphrey Marshall's activities as a lawyer, soldier, and politician.

Dates 1771-2002; Majority of material found within ( 1846-1856)
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Daniel Todd Patterson Papers

Identifier: MSS52902
Abstract

Naval officer. Correspondence, journals, ship records, subject files, printed matter, and miscellaneous material relating to Patterson's naval career.

Dates 1772-1927; Majority of material found within ( 1825-1835)
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Ninian Pinkney Papers

Identifier: MSS50062
Abstract

Naval surgeon. Correspondence, speeches, articles, and notes relating mainly to Pinkney's surgical cases in Peru, his observations on the Mexican War and Civil War, his plan to reorganize the Army Medical Corps, and his interest in politics.

Dates 1822-1913; Majority of material found within ( 1840-1870)
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Rodgers Family Papers

Identifier: MSS38125
Abstract

United States Navy and Army officers and family members. Correspondence, diaries, letterbooks, logbooks, photographs, recollections (memoirs), financial papers, and printed matter centering primarily on the naval career of Commodore John Rodgers (1773-1838).

Dates 1740-1987; Majority of material found within 1804-1932
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Robert Wilson Shufeldt Papers

Identifier: MSS52688
Abstract

Naval officer, explorer, and diplomat. Correspondence, journals, diaries, notebooks, logbooks, subject files, newspaper clippings, and printed matter relating to Shufeldt's career in the navy and as an explorer and diplomat.

Dates 1836-1910; Majority of material found within 1860-1880
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Nicholas Philip Trist Papers

Identifier: MSS43232
Abstract Diplomat and lawyer. Family and general correspondence, letterbooks, memoranda, notes, reports, legal and financial papers, writings, clippings, printed matter, and other papers relating to Trist's tenure as U.S. consul in Havana and his role in negotiating the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ending the Mexican War. Other topics include Trist's business interests, particularly his sugar plantations in Cuba and Louisiana; the establishment of the University of Virginia; the Oregon boundary...
Dates 1795-1873; Majority of material found within ( 1831-1848)