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Box 4

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Contains 33 Results:

Maury, Eliza to Mrs. Frances M. Lewis, 1839-1854

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 25
Identifier: id111118
Scope and Contents

News of family and friends, mostly concerning deaths, Darien expedition of Isaac G. Strain, Fredricksburg, Matthew Fontaine Maury. Eliza Maury was the mother of Dabney Herndon Maury.

Dates: 1839-1854

Maury, John M., USN, to Captain William Lewis, USN, 1815

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 26
Identifier: id111120
Scope and Contents

Re: exploits of USS Essex scouring Spanish America coasts from Cape Horn to Lima; prizes taken, his own naval engagements, ship news, etc.; Maury claims area Captain Smith took for US as Madison's Isle. Maury at North African coast and naval matters there. One newspaper clipping.

Dates: 1815

Maury, Matthew F., USN, to Mrs. Frances M. Lewis, Wilmington, Delaware, 1841-1856

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 27
Identifier: id111121
Scope and Contents

Re: Lewis Maury, midshipman; politics; family matters; William Lewis Herndon's expedition to the Amazon, M.F. Maury's troubles with the Navy Department.

Dates: 1841-1856

Maury, Rutson, New York, New York, to Mrs. Frances M. Lewis, Norfolk, Virginia, 1862-1863

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 28
Identifier: id111122
Scope and Contents

These letters dwell largely on financial matters (interchange of money between North and South) but also include family news and some of the Civil War.

Dates: 1862-1863

Maury, Rutson, New York, New York, to Mrs. Frances M. Lewis, Norfolk, Virginia, 1864

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 29
Identifier: id111123
Scope and Contents

These letters dwell largely on financial matters, but also include family news and some news of the Civil War, opinions of England.

Dates: 1864

Maury, Rutson, New York, New York, to Mrs. Frances M. Lewis, Norfolk, Virginia, 1865-1866

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 30
Identifier: id111124
Scope and Contents

These letters dwell largely on financial matters, but also include family news and some news of the Civil War. One envelope.

Dates: 1865-1866

Maury, Tobin, Liverpool, to his aunt, Miss Maury, New York, 1864 March

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 31
Identifier: id111125
Scope and Contents

Copy of a brief letter acknowledging his arrival in Liverpool.

Dates: 1864 March