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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 5 items) |
Abstract | Francis Thornton Chew was a Confederate naval officer. The collection includes a diary (2 volumes), 1863-1865, written while Chew was in Bermuda, Nova Scotia, England, and France on a secret mission, and sailing around the world on the raider Shenandoah; an autobiography, written in 1881, covering the period of the diary as well as Chew's growing up in Arkansas and Missouri, his education at Annapolis, 1859-1861, and Confederate service, 1861-1862; a picture of the Shenandoah; and a map of its voyage. |
Creator | Chew, Francis Thornton, 1841-1893. |
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: Kathryn Michaelis, August 2010; Nancy Kaiser, October 2020
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Francis Thornton Chew was a (1841-1893) Confederate naval officer.
Back to TopThe collection includes a diary (2 volumes), 1863-1865, written while Chew was in Bermuda, Nova Scotia, England, and France on a secret mission, and sailing around the world on the raider Shenandoah; an autobiography, written in 1881, covering the period of the diary as well as Chew's growing up in Arkansas and Missouri, his education at Annapolis, 1859-1861, and Confederate service, 1861-1862; a picture of the Shenandoah; and a map of its voyage.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
Diary, volume 1 |
Folder 2 |
Diary, volume 2 |
Folder 3 |
Autobiography, 1881 |
Image P-148/1 |
Picture of the ship Shenandoah carved on a whale's tooth |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-148/1 |
Hand-drawn map: "Map of the world, showing the track of the Confederate States steamer Shenandoah...," by F. T. Chew, undated |
Reel M-148/1 |
Microfilm |