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George Marcellus Ransom lettersGeorge M. Ransom letters
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Ransom, George Marcellus, 1820-1889, creator, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Ransom, Jane Manley, 1820-1911, correspondent.Abstract:
Six handwritten letters from midshipman George M. Ransom, USN, written aboard the U.S.S Fredonia and the Prize Schooner Mahones
containing his eyewitness accounts of the siege of Vera Cruz, Mexico and the castle of San Juan d'Ulúa. Addressed to his wife
[Jane Manley Ransom] in Richfield Springs, New York. Includes typescript transcriptions of each letter.
Date:
1847 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caMexican War, 1846-1848 -- Personal narratives
Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave, Mexico) -- History -- Surrender, 1847 -- Personal narratives
Mexico -- Veracruz (City)
Castillo de San Juan de Ulúa (Mexico)
Fredonia (Bark)
Castillo de San Juan de Ulúa (Mexico)
Ransom, George Marcellus -- 1820-1889 -- Archives
Ransom, George Marcellus -- 1820-1889 -- Correspondence
Ransom, Jane Manley -- 1820-1911 -- Correspondence
Note:
Purchase from William Reese Co.; 2010.
George Marcellus Ransom was a midshipman aboard the U.S.S. Fredonia during the Mexican War. He went on to have a distinguished
naval career during the Civil War eventually attaining the rank of Commodore.
George Marcellus Ransom letters, BANC MSS 2010/188, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.
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Archives.History.
Personal correspondence.
Personal narratives.
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English