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Size | 62 items |
Abstract | MICROFILM AND PAPER: Charles Stewart Maurice (1840-1924) served in the United States Navy aboard the U.S.S. Ossipee and the U.S.S. Agawam during the Civil War. The collection includes microfilmed letters, 12 May to 25 June 1863, from Maurice to his parents while he was serving as an engineer aboard the U.S.S. Ossipee, a steam ship stationed off Mobile, Ala., as part of the Union blockade, and on the steam ship U.S.S. Agawam. Maurice wrote of preparing the engines for sea, books he had been reading, items he wanted, the reaction of citizens in Portland, Md., upon seeing a steam ship for the first time, and the conditions of life at sea. The collection also includes typed copies of letters from Charlotte M. Holbrooke (later Mrs. Maurice), one about a soiree in Washington, D.C., attended by Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, and William H. Seward. |
Creator | Maurice, Charles Stewart, 1840-1924. |
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 Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, May 2010
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Charles Stewart Maurice (1840-1924) served in the United States Navy aboard the U.S.S. Ossipee and the U.S.S. Agawam during the Civil War.
Back to TopThe collection includes microfilmed letters, 12 May to 25 June 1863, from Charles Stewart Maurice to his parents while he was serving as an engineer aboard the U.S.S. Ossipee, a steam ship stationed off Mobile, Ala., as part of the Union blockade, and on the steam ship U.S.S. Agawam. Maurice wrote of preparing the engines for sea, books he had been reading, items he wanted, the reaction of citizens in Portland, Md., upon seeing a steam ship for the first time, and the conditions of life at sea. The collection also includes typed copies of letters from Charlotte M. Holbrooke (later Mrs. Maurice), one about a soiree in Washington, D.C., attended by Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, and William H. Seward.
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Original finding aid |
Papers, 1862-1865 |
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Image Folder PF-1809/1 |
Reproduction of a pencil sketch of the U.S.S. Agawam, 1863 |
Reel M-1809/1 |
Papers |