TY  - GEN
AU  - Reid,Samuel Chester
AU  - Reid,Samuel C.
TI  - Samuel Chester Reid family papers,
KW  - Buchanan, James,
KW  - Burr, Aaron,
KW  - Clayton, John M.
KW  - Cleveland, Grover,
KW  - Dabney, Samuel W.
KW  - Fillmore, Millard,
KW  - Gorden, J. M.
KW  - Granniss, G. W.
KW  - Hayes, Rutherford Birchard,
KW  - Jones, George Wallace,
KW  - Kendall, Amos,
KW  - March, Charles W.
KW  - Markoe, Francis,
KW  - McCulloch, Ben,
KW  - McKay, E. E.
KW  - O'Conor, Charles,
KW  - Pierce, Franklin,
KW  - Price, Rodman M.
KW  - Rowan, John,
KW  - Webster, Daniel,
KW  - Webster, Fletcher,
KW  - Wendover, P. H.
KW  - Jennings family
KW  - Reed family.
KW  - Rowan family
KW  - United States
KW  - Army
KW  - Cavalry, 6th
KW  - Navy
KW  - History
KW  - War of 1812
KW  - General Armstrong (Privateer)
KW  - Mississippi Valley and Brazil Steamship Company
KW  - Texas Rangers
KW  - Dwellings
KW  - Kentucky
KW  - Bardstown
KW  - Flags
KW  - Mexican War, 1846-1848
KW  - Brazil
KW  - Commerce
KW  - Confederate States of America
KW  - Faial Island (Azores)
KW  - Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
KW  - Saint Louis (Mo.)
KW  - Naval operations
KW  - Civil War, 1861-1865
KW  - Journalists
KW  - Naval officers
KW  - itoamc
N1  - Open to research
N2  - 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
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009199
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009199.3
ER  -