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Curtis, Benjamin Robbins Jurist, Massachusetts
(1809-1874)
Papers, 1831-79. ca. 450 items.
In part, transcripts.
Includes a few copies of letters relating to the arrest and
imprisonment of Judge John Archibald Campbell and the investigation
of the Lincoln assassination, May—July 1865.
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Cushing, Caleb (1800-1879) Statesman, Massachusetts
Papers, 1785-1906. ca. 120,000 items.
Contains correspondence, requisitions, bills of lading,
invoices, reports, and legal papers relating to Confederate operations
in the Trans-Mississippi Department. Also, material concerning
prize cases, Mexico's claim for compensation for the
seizure of the Oriente, and Confederate blockade running, and
a series of letters between Christopher Memminger and James
Seddon. Cushing's legal papers include statements by Stephen
R. Mallory on the purchase and service of the Confederate
steamers Alexandria, Atlanta, Bat, Chickamauga, Owl, Shenandoah,
Tallahassee, Texas, and others.
Finding aid available.
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Cushman, Charlotte Saunders (1816-1876) Actress
Papers, 1824-1941. ca. 10,000 items.
Contains a letter (13 p.) from Lt. Samuel Dana Greene
(USN) to his parents, Mar. 14,1862, U.S.S. Monitor, describing
the voyage of the Monitor from New York to Hampton Roads,
Va., problems in preparing the vessel for battle, and the engagement
with the C.S.S. Merrimac.
Finding aid available.
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Cushman, William H. (d. 1865) Engineer, USN
Papers, 1861-72. 24 items.
Contains two letters from Cushman to his mother written
aboard the U.S.S. Kearsarge, June 15 and 19, 1864, before and
after the engagement with the C.S.S. Alabama. Also, a letter of
recommendation for Cushman (1861), pension claim forms,
photographs, and papers concerning prize money from the
Alabama.
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