Restrictions to Access

No restrictions. Open for research.

Copyright Notice

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Francis Thornton Chew Papers, #148, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Alternate Form of Material

Diary (2 vols.) is available on microfilm.

Acquisitions Information

1940 and earlier

Additional Descriptive Resources

Original finding aid is filed in folder 1a.

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• Arkansas--Social life and customs.
• Autobiographies--Southern States.
• Chew, Francis Thornton, 1841-1893.
• Children--Arkansas--History--19th century.
• Children--Missouri--History--19th century.
• Confederate States of America--Foreign relations.
• Confederate States of America. Navy--Officers--Diaries.
• Confederate States of America. Navy--Sea life.
• Diaries (Blank-books)
• Families--Arkansas--Social life and customs.
• Families--Missouri--Social life and customs.
• Missouri--Social life and customs.
• Shenandoah (Ship)
• United States Naval Academy--Students--History--19th century.
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps.
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.

Francis Thornton Chew was a (1841-1893) Confederate naval officer.

The collection includes a diary (2 volumes), 1863-1865, written while Chew was in Bermuda, Nova Scotia, England, and France on a secret mission, and sailing around the world on the raider Shenandoah; an autobiography, written in 1881, covering the period of the diary as well as Chew's growing up in Arkansas and Missouri, his education at Annapolis, 1859-1861, and Confederate service, 1861-1862; a picture of the Shenandoah; and a map of its voyage.

• Picture (P-148/1)
• Extra-oversize paper (XOP-148/1)