05479cpcaa2200877 a 4500 mm 82037523 DLC 20260227111714.0 cr ||||||||||| 820525|||||||||||| eng mm 82037523 DLC DLC DLC dacs W lcmd Reid, Samuel Chester, 1783-1861. Samuel Chester Reid family papers, 1807-1963 (bulk 1830-1897). 2,580 items. 11 containers. 4.2 linear feet. Open to research. Correspondence, diaries, journals, speeches, writings, biographical and genealogical material, financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, maps, lithographs, and other papers. Subjects include the claim filed by Samuel Chester Reid (1783-1861), captain of the privateer General Armstrong, in connection with scuttling the privateer in a battle with British warships at Faial Island, Azores, during the War of 1812; Reid's recommendation for the design of the U.S. flag; the Mississippi Valley & Brazil Steamship Company, St. Louis, Mo., founded by Reid and others in 1874 to provide river and ocean freight between St. Louis and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; the activities of Samuel Chester Reid (1818-1897) in Ben McCulloch's Texas Rangers during the Mexican War and as a correspondent in the South during the Civil War; John Rowan and his residence, Federal Hill, Bardstown, Ky.; and activities of the U.S Army 6th Cavalry stationed in Texas, 1866-1868. Family correspondents include members of the Jennings, Reid (Reed), and Rowan families. Other correspondents include James Buchanan, Aaron Burr, John M. Clayton, Grover Cleveland, Samuel W. Dabney, Millard Fillmore, J. M. Gorden, G. W. Grannis, Rutherford Birchard Hayes, George Wallace Jones, Amos Kendall, Charles W. March, Francis Markoe, E. E. McKay, Charles O'Conor, Franklin Pierce, Rodman M. Price, Daniel Webster, Fletcher Webster, and P. H. Wendover. Autochromes, etchings, negatives, photographs, and postcards transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Map transferred to Library of Congress Geography and Map Division. Family members represented include Samuel Chester Reid (1783-1861), naval officer, and his son, Samuel Chester Reid, lawyer, (1818-1897). Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009199 Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 Correspondence. Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836 Correspondence. Clayton, John M. (John Middleton), 1796-1856 Correspondence. Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908 Correspondence. Dabney, Samuel W. Correspondence. Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874 Correspondence. Gorden, J. M. Correspondence. Granniss, G. W. Correspondence. Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893 Correspondence. Jones, George Wallace, 1804-1896 Correspondence. Kendall, Amos, 1789-1869 Correspondence. March, Charles W. (Charles Wainwright), 1815-1864 Correspondence. Markoe, Francis, 1801-1871 Correspondence. McCulloch, Ben, 1811-1862. McKay, E. E. Correspondence. O'Conor, Charles, 1804-1884 Correspondence. Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869 Correspondence. Price, Rodman M. (Rodman McCamley), 1816-1894 Correspondence. Rowan, John, 1773-1843. Rowan, John, 1773-1843 Homes and haunts. Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 Correspondence. Webster, Fletcher, 1813-1862 Correspondence. Wendover, P. H. (Peter Hercules), 1768-1834 Correspondence. Jennings family Correspondence. Reed family. Rowan family Correspondence. United States. Army. Cavalry, 6th. United States. Navy History War of 1812. General Armstrong (Privateer) Mississippi Valley and Brazil Steamship Company. Texas Rangers. Dwellings Kentucky Bardstown. Flags United States. Mexican War, 1846-1848. Brazil Commerce United States. Confederate States of America History. Faial Island (Azores) History. Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Commerce. Saint Louis (Mo.) Commerce. United States Commerce Brazil. United States History War of 1812 Naval operations. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Journalists. Naval officers. itoamc Reid, Samuel C. (Samuel Chester), 1818-1897. Samuel C. Reid papers. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009199 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009199.3 43569 43569