Reid, Samuel Chester 1783-1861 creator mixed material monographic eng 2,580 11 4.2 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. Open to research. 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 Reid, Samuel C. (Samuel Chester), 1818-1897 mm 82037523 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms009199 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms009199.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009199 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009199.3 Open to research. DLC 820525 20260227111714.0 mm 82037523