Confederate blockade running through Bermuda, 1861-1865 : letters and cargo manifests
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1949
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Vandiver, Frank E., 1925-2005
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The letter-books printed below, comprising Part I of this book, were kept by two different men. All but one of the books were those of John Tory Bourne of St. George's, Bermuda. He acted as Confederate Commercial Agent for Bermuda, and his letters throw considerable light on commercial problems of the Confederacy. The remaining letter-book was kept by Major Smith Stansbury, commander of the St. George's Confederate ordnance depot. His letters are, of course, most important for information on shipments of munitions into the Confederate States. Some of the Bourne letters follow typed copies in the St. George's Historical Society. The bulk of them, however, follows the original letter press books, in possession of the Hon. William E. S. Zuill, "Orange Grove," Smith's Parish, Bermuda, who kindly consented to write a Prefatory Note to Part I and who graciously gave permission to publish the Bourne and Stansbury letters. ... Part II of this volume contains cargo manifests of blockade runners which left St. George's, Bermuda, for Southern ports. These manifests were located in St. George's through the kindness of Mr. Hereward Watlington, Mr. Hugh Miller, and Mr. Harry Parker, of Hamilton. The editor hopes that they approximate all the runner's manifests in the Custom House at St. George's. The letters are printed in their original order, and they are published in different "books" exactly as they were found. This arrangement seems better than printing them chronologically, in view of their extent. The editor has taken the liberty of making minor corrections in the documents, where they seemed necessary for the sake of clarity