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Upshur, A. P. (Abel Parker), 1790-1844

 Person

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

James Barron Papers (I)

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 B27
Scope and Contents Correspondence and papers of Commodore James Barron relating to his career in the United States Navy, and especially relating to The Chesapeake-Leopard Affair in 1807 and to his duel with Stephen Decatur. Collection includes photocopies of patents issued to Barron for his inventions and a typescript of William Oliver Stevens' An Affair of Honor, a biography of Barron. Correspondents include John Adams, Jesse Duncan Elliott, Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, Amos Kendall, Duff Green and Abel...
Dates: 1766-1899

Francis J. Mallory Letter to Abel P. Upshur

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00546
Scope and Contents

Francis J. Mallory to Abel P. Upshur, Secretary of the Navy, where he recommends the son of a friend for a naval warrant.  October 7, 1841.

Dates: 1841 October 7

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Appointments (military records) 1
Chesapeake-Leopard Affair, 1807 1
Correspondence 1
Courts-martial and courts of inquiry--United States 1
Dueling--Virginia 1