Box 11
Contains 107 Results:
A statement that the document is to be published in such form as seems best, signed James Barron, 1851 March 29
2 copies. 17 pages.Autograph document signed,Card. The History of a transaction which there ought never to have been occasion for, the duel with Decatur on 22 March 1820. Dictated 11 August 1842 at the Naval Asylum in the presence of J.L. Watson. Also included are other papers marked, A Document to precede the History of the Duel.2 pieces.
"A Poem Recited at the base of Crawford's Equestrian Statue of Washington, On the Capital Square in Richmond....Aged 29,", 1858 February 2
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23 pages. Autograph document signed, E. Endorsement "Copy by Mrs. Annie B. Hope" (Probably a poem of James Barron Hope, grandson of Commo. James Barron).
[?] to Mrs. S.J. Pendergrast, care of Commo. Pendergrast, Philadelphia, Pa., 1861 December 29
Autograph letter signed. Family letter.
Mrs. J. V[irginia] Pendergrast, Norfolk, to her sister, [1862] April 8
Autograph letter signed. Re: family affairs.
P. Forrest, Navy Dept. Confederate States of America, to Capt. S.S. Sterrett, C.S.N., Richmond, Virginia, 1862 May 20
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Autograph letter signed. Appointing him President of a Naval Court of Enquiry on the destruction of C.S. Steamers "Brenville," "Carondelet," and "Pamlico" in the waters of Lake Porchetrain.
Wellington Gordon, Kenmuirt, to Miss Barron, 1862 March 20
Autograph letter signed. An account for James Barron, a student; and concerning the retreat of the Army from Manassas.
Five autographed poems, endorsed by Jas. Barron Hope. See A Wreath of Virginia Bay Leaves, undated
Autograph draft. Titles included are listed as the following: Three Names, George the Third at Kent, John Smith, Sir Walter Raleigh, Pockahontas.