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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 2 items) |
Abstract | Franklin Buchanan of Maryland was a United States Navy officer and later admiral in the Confederate States Navy. The collection includes a diary, 1829-1831, of Buchanan while a United States Navy officer on a Mediterranean tour of duty on the Constellation, and, 1833-1834, on another Mediterranean tour, partly on the Delaware and partly on the frigate United States; and a letter book, 1862-1863, with handwritten transcriptions of outgoing letters, orders, and reports, of Buchanan while Confederate admiral at Norfolk, Va., and at Mobile, Ala. |
Creator | Buchanan, Franklin, 1800-1874. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Jordan, March 2011; Nancy Kaiser, September 2020
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Franklin Buchanan (1800-1874) of Maryland was a United States Navy officer and later admiral in the Confederate States Navy.
Back to TopThe collection includes a diary, 1829-1831, of Buchanan while a United States Navy officer on a Mediterranean tour of duty on the Constellation, and, 1833-1834, on another Mediterranean tour, partly on the Delaware and partly on the frigate United States; and a letter book, 1862-1863, with handwritten transcriptions of outgoing letters, orders, and reports, of Buchanan while Confederate admiral at Norfolk, Va., and at Mobile, Ala.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
Log book, 1829-1834 |
Folder 2 |
Letter book, 1862-1863 |
Reel M-97/1 |
Microfilm |