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    <title>Benham-McNeil family papers, 1772-1907</title>
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  <abstract>Correspondence and other papers of Henry Washington Benham, Elizabeth Ann McNeil Benham, and John McNeil, relating chiefly to McNeil's service in the War of 1812 and Benham's career in the Army Corps of Engineers.  Correspondents include Edward Everett Hale, George B. McClellan, Franklin Pierce, Thomas W. Sherman, and William T. Sherman.</abstract>
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      <namePart>Hale, Edward Everett</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1822-1909</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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      <namePart>McClellan, George Brinton</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1826-1885</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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      <namePart>Pierce, Franklin</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1804-1869</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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      <namePart>Sherman, Thomas W. (Thomas West)</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1813-1879</namePart>
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      <namePart>Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh)</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1820-1891</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>War of 1812</temporal>
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      <title>Elizabeth Ann McNeil Benham papers</title>
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      <title>Henry Washington Benham papers</title>
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      <namePart>Benham, Henry Washington,</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1813-1884</namePart>
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      <title>John McNeil papers</title>
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      <namePart>McNeil, John,</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1784-1850</namePart>
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