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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 32. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.53 (search)
Polignac's mission.
[from the Richmond dispatch May 20, 1901.]
An interesting chapter in Confederate history.
Defence of President Davis.
The story of the proposed cession of Louisiana to France Exploded— an interview with the Emperor—Foreign aid and slavery.
The following throws interesting light on an incident of Confederate history, which has been greatly distorted:
Villa Jessie, Cannes, France, April 17, 1901. General Marcus J. Wright.
My Dear General,—I enclose the narrative of my journey to France in 1865, intended to refute the suggestions of the Washington Post, and beg that you will kindly, in defence of the honor of President Jefferson Davis, General Kirby Smith, and my own self, give my explanations the widest publicity.
You will observe that on page 6 I gave the military rank of Governor Allen as colonel, written in pencil; the reason is that I do not remember whether he was then colonel or general, and I wish you would kindly correct the rank and<
Old Ship street.
Some of its houses, ships, and characters. by Fred. H. C. Woolley.
[Read before Medford Historical Society, May 20, 1901.]
STRETCHING southeastward from Medford square to Wellington farmhouse, shaded in part by buttonwoods, grass-edged, irregular, and rough, keeping in sight the river, in the early years of 1800 was a road known as the Town road or River road. The section of this road from the river landing opposite the foot of Cross street to Wellington was probably made to accommodate the two brick houses, then the only buildings in this part of Medford, with the exception of the Wellington farmhouse, built 1648-165 2. One of these was at the eastern end of Governor Cradock's plantation, called the Old Fort, built in 1634, and the other about five hundred feet north of this road at a point opposite the first shipyard.
In 1746 the section from the market (Medford square) to the tide-mill (near Cross street) was opened.
When Thatcher Magoun, of Pembroke, M