Matthew Fontaine Maury, the Pathfinder of the Seas - Charles Lee Lewis

Publisher’s Note: Permission has been granted to print the following portion of Miss Virginia Lee Cox’s description of the Maury Monument soon to be erected in Richmond, Virginia:

“It is a marvelous conception of the man who was admired as the ‘Pathfinder of the Seas,’ and beloved for his humanity. Just how wonderful it is, is proved in the words of Commodore Maury’s own daughter, Mrs. James R. Werth, who, when she saw the finished figure of Mr. Sievers’ skill, said: ‘I feel as if I am sitting in the presence of my father in flesh, blood, and spirit; I feel as if I could put my arms around his neck as I did when I was a little girl.’

“The sculptor has portrayed Maury in a reminiscent attitude, listening to the voice of the storm. It has been said of him that the voice of the wind and waves was music to his ears and Mr. Sievers, with fine sympathy and originality, built on much study of the man, has succeeded in showing this.

“Above the figure of Maury, which is seated in a great chair, there is a group of figures which supports the globe. The figures represent a storm on land and sea. At one corner of the monument is an ox around which cluster the windswept figures of the farmer and his household, driven before the fury of the storm.

“At the other corner is an overturned boat and figures of women and sailors, drenched in the thundering waves of the sea. The group embraces a symbolization of the world and its natural elements. Through the allegorization three of Maury’s outstanding achievements are brought well to the foreground—meteorology, hydrography, and geography.

“The storm is a meteorological disturbance, and the capsized lifeboat with its occupants amid the rolling waves is symbolic of ocean meteorology, a branch of hydrography, symbolized also in the “paths of the sea” on the globe, that naturally represent geography.

“On the plinth of the monument in the flattest relief are figures of fish, representing Maury’s interest in the paths of the sea. The story goes that once when Maury was ill he had his son read the Bible to him each night. One night he read the eighth Psalm, and when he came to the passage—‘The fishes of the sea and whatsoever walketh through the paths of the sea’—Maury had him read it over several times. Finally he said, ‘If God says there are paths in the sea I am going to find them if I get out of this bed.’ Thus the Psalm was the direct inspiration for his discoveries.

“Mr. Sievers has shown Maury in a reminiscent mood, representing him at that period of his life when he had achieved his greatest discoveries. In his right hand are the pencil and the compass, and in his left hand a chart. Against his chair is the Bible, from which he drew inspiration for his explorations. The sculptor has caught amazingly the spirit of the man.”—From Richmond (Va.) Times.

LIST OF LETTERS

(Quoted in full or in part)

Maury to (?), March, 1856,	[4]
Maury to Sally Fontaine, October 26, 1866,	[5]
Maury to Frank Minor, October 30, 1859,	[5]
Maury to Frank Minor, November 5, 1859,	[5]
Maury to William Hasbrouck, March 13, 1866,	[9]
Maury to William Hasbrouck, April 14, 1865,	[9]
Maury to Rutson Maury, August 31, 1840,	[12]
Maury to N. P. Willis, September 24, 1859,	[16]
Captain William B. Whiting to Maury’s daughter, May 31, 1873,	[23]
Maury to Ann Maury, February 25, 1872,	[30]
Maury to Ann Maury, February 15, 1840,	[33]
Maury to Secretary of Navy Paulding, March 14, 1840,	[33]
Maury to S. F. B. Morse, February 23, 1854,	[77]
Cyrus W. Field to Maury, June 20, 1855,	[79]
Maury to Dr. Kane, October 7, 1856,	[82]
Maury to Lord Lyons, April, 1861,	[82]
Maury to Felix Julien, Imperial French Navy, February 21, 1859,	[102]
Ripley Ropes to George Manning, December 18, 1856,	[103]
Maury to Secretary of Navy Dobbin, September 20, 1855,	[108]
Maury to Bishop Otey, September 20, 1855,	[109]
Secretary of Navy Dobbin to Maury, November 9, 1855,	[110]
Matthew Calbraith Perry to Maury, November 12, 1855,	[111]
James S. Biddle to Maury, November 15, 1855,	[112]
Maury to Hasbrouck, April 23, 1858,	[116]
Secretary of Navy Toucey to Maury, January 29, 1858,	[117]
Maury to Captain A. H. Foote, March 27, 1855,	[118]
Maury to John A. Bulles, May 20, 1845,	[120]
Maury to Frank Minor, December 30, 1859,	[121]
Maury to Governor Packer, Pennsylvania, January 3, 1860,	[121]
Maury to Rutson Maury, January 24, 1861,	[123]
Maury to Hasbrouck, March 4, 1861,	[124]
Maury to Frank Minor, February 16, 1861,	[127]
Maury to Professor L. F. Kamtz, Russia (undated),	[130]
Maury to William Blackford, March 12, 1849,	[131]
Maury to Hasbrouck, November 3, 1852,	[131]
Maury to Hamilton Lieber, May 30, 1850,	[132]
Maury to Rear Admiral Fitzroy, England, August, 1861,	[143]
Maury to Secretary of Navy Welles, April 26, 1861,	[143]
Maury to Frank Minor, June 11, 1861,	[145]
Hasbrouck to Maury, June 21, 1861,	[147]
Maury to Frank Minor, July 19, 1861,	[149]
Maury to Frank Minor, August 11, 1861,	[150]
Maury to Frank Minor, August 2 and 19, 1861,	[150]
Maury to Secretary of Navy Mallory, June 19, 1862,	[151]
Secretary of Navy Mallory to Davidson, June 20, 1862,	[154]
Maury MS. Lecture on Torpedoes to Dutch Government Representatives, July, 1866,	[154]
Maury to Frank Minor, April 15, 1862,	[160]
Maury to Frank Minor, June 8, 1862,	[160]
Maury to Frank Minor, August 19, 1861,	[161]
Grand Duke Constantine to Maury, July 27, (August 8), 1861,	[162]
Maury to Grand Duke Constantine, October 29, 1861,	[165]
Maury to Rutson Maury, September 21, 1863,	[166]
Maury to Frank Minor, October 24, 1862,	[168]
Maury to Mrs. M. F. Maury, September 24, 1862,	[168]
Maury to His Daughter Nannie, April 20, 1863,	[173]
Maury to His Family, August 29, 1864,	[178]
Maury to Frank Minor, January 23, 1863,	[183]
Maury to Brodie Herndon, April 22, 1863,	[184]
Thomas Bold to Maury, April 26, 1865,	[186]
Maury to His Wife, October 15, 1865,	[187]
Maury’s Letter of Surrender, May 25, 1865,	[187]
Mrs. W. A. Maury to Maury, June 19, 1865,	[188]
Brodie Herndon to Maury, May 1, 1865,	[188]
Maury to Tremlett, May 19, 1865,	[189]
Captain Jansen to Maury, July 22, 1865,	[190]
General Lee to Maury, September 8, 1865,	[191]
Maury to His Wife, September 12, 1865,	[195]
Maury to His Wife, November 27, 1865,	[198]
Maximilian to Maury, January 29, 1866,	[199]
Carlotta to Maury, January 29, 1866,	[199]
Maximilian to Maury, April 19, 1866,	[202]
Maury to Maximilian, July 1, 1866,	[203]
Maury to Rutson Maury, July 8, 1866,	[205]
Maury to (?), August, 1866,	[210]
Maximilian to Maury, August 16, 1866,	[212]
Maury to Maximilian, October 11, 1866,	[212]
Maury to Jansen, July 7, 1867,	[215]
Maury to Jack (?), July 24, 1867,	[215]
Rutson Maury to Maury, September 9, 1870,	[215]
Maury to James Minor, May 10, 1868,	[216]
William Wright to Maury, August 3, 1869,	[216]
Maury to Superintendent Francis H. Smith, V. M. I., April 21, 1868,	[218]
Maury to Jansen, July 17, 1868,	[220]
Maury to Tremlett, June 13, 1869,	[221]
Maury to Tremlett, March 8, 1869,	[222]
Maury to Tremlett, December 10, 1871,	[227]
Maury to Tremlett, February 2, 1872,	[227]
Maury to Rutson Maury, January, 1870,	[229]
Rutson Maury to Maury, November 11, 1871,	[231]
Tremlett to Maury, December 11, 1871,	[231]
Senator Johnston, Virginia, to Maury, April 25, 1872,	[231]
Maury to Tremlett, June 13, 1869,	[233]
E. P. Dorr to Thompson B. Maury, February 25, 1873,	[236]
M. F. Maury, Junior, to His Sister Nannie, October 15, 1883,	[236]
M. F. Maury, Junior, to Jansen, September 21, 1873,	[241]
Thomas Nelson Page to Mrs. M. F. Maury, March 28, 1891,	[243]

INDEX

Abbé, Cleveland, [236].
Abel, Frederic Augustus, [207].
Adams, John Quincy, [128], [234].
Adams, Samuel, [245].
Agamemnon, [79].
Agassiz, Alexander, [128].
Alabama, [171], [173], [226].
Albany, [67].
Allen, John J., [145].
Amundson, Roald, [82].
Antarctic, [62].
Appomattox, [183].
Arabia, Cunard Steamer, [170].
Arctic, [79].
Arctic and Antarctic Exploration, [81–83].
Arman, L., [174].
Ashburton, Lord (Alexander Baring), [128].
Atlantic Cable, [76], [77], [104], [212].
Atrato, Royal Mail Steamer, [183].
Bache, Professor Alexander D., [80].
Bacon, Francis, [131].
Badger, Secretary of Navy, George E., [41].
Bailey, Professor J. W., [76].
Barron, Commodore James, [133].
Barron, Captain Samuel, [171].
Bazaine, General F. A., [214].
Beauregard, General Pierre G. T., [126], [209].
Bell, Senator John, [113].
“Ben Bow” Articles in Richmond Enquirer, [155–158], [162].
Benjamin, Senator Judah P., [114].
Berryman, Lieutenant O. H., [67], [76], [79].
Biddle, E. C. and J., Publishers, [27], [67], [68].
Biddle, Commodore James, [52].
Biddle, Lieutenant James S., [108], [111].
Bigelow, Abraham, [108].
Blackburn, the Reverend Doctor, [4], [5].
Blossom, Schooner, [248].
Bolivar, Simon, [14].
Booth, Edwin, [245].
Bowditch, Nathaniel, [22], [27], [37].
Brandywine, U. S. Frigate, [9], [10], [12], [13].
Brooke, John Mercer, [76], [229], [246].
Brown, John, [121].
Brussels Conference, [57], [58], [85], [229], [230], [232].
Buchan, Alexander, [232].
Buchanan, Admiral Franklin, [108], [146].
Buckingham, Duke of, [185].
Bulloch, James T., [170], [174], [177], [186], [187], [188].
Bureau of Coast, Harbor, and River Defense, [148].
Busey, N. H., [247].
Byrd, Commander Richard Evelyn, [82].
Byron, Lord George Gordan, [131].
Calhoun, John C., [128].
Cambridge LL.D., [215–217].
Carlotta, Empress of Mexico, [190], [195], [197], [199], [200], [203], [213–216].
Carpenter, W. B., [75].
Carter, W. F., [153].
Champlain, Battle of Lake, [7].
Charles II, [2].
Children, Maury’s (Pet Names), [139], [141].
Clayton, Senator J. M., [114].
Coffin, Professor John H. C., [47].
Collingwood, Admiral Cuthbert, [133].
Colt, Colonel Samuel, [154].
Columbia University, [64].
Columbus, [52].
Congress, [18].
Consort, [29], [32].
Constantine, Grand Duke of Russia, [128], [162], [164], [166], [180], [209].
Corbin, Mrs. Diana Fontaine (Maury), [136], [141], [147], [185], [203], [242–244].
Cox, Virginia Lee, [251].
Coxetter, Captain Louis M., [168].
Craven, Captain T. T., [172].
Cuba, [162], [183], [186], [187], [189], [193], [199].
Cumberland, [148].
Cyclops, [78].
Dahlgren, John A., [128].
Dante, Alighieri, [131].
Davidson, Lieutenant Hunter, [153–155].
Davis, Jefferson, [114], [124], [126], [128], [146], [154], [160], [162], [165], [175], [179], [189], [215], [219].
Davy, Marie, [232].
Dayman, Lieutenant (Royal Navy), [78].
Decatur, Stephen, [133].
Decorations, Degrees, etc., [63–65], [112], [162], [163], [215–217].
De Haven, Edward J., [81], [82].
De la Mare, Walter, [249].
De Le Marche, Captain, [165].
Delta, Royal Mail Steamer, [169].
Dickerson, Secretary of Navy, Mahlon, [27], [29], [30], [33].
Dobbin, Secretary of Navy, J. C., [114].
Dolphin, [24], [67], [76].
Dorr, E. P., [236].
Downes, John, [24].
Du Pont, Samuel F., [108].
Edgeworth, Maria, [141].
Elder, John A., [247].
Electric Torpedoes (Mines), [148–155], [178–183], [204–208].
Elizabeth, [190].
Engineer, [31].
Essex, [7], [16].
Experiment, [31].
Falmouth, [23], [24], [51].
Faraday, Professor Michael, [80], [128].
Farleyvale, [142], [147].
Farragut, Admiral David Glasgow, [11], [18], [178].
Field, Cyrus W., [78], [79], [128], [212].
Finch (Bolton), William Compton, [14], [15], [17], [18].
Fitzroy, Robert, [229].
Flying Cloud, [60].
Flying Fish, [61].
Fontaine, Sally, [141].
Foote, Andrew H., [108].
Forbes, R. B., [83].
Fowler, G. Herbert, [249].
Francia, Dr. José G. R., [120].
Franklin, Tennessee, [3], [4], [9], [31], [246], [249].
Franklin, Sir John, [81].
Fraser, Trenholm and Company, [170].
Fredericksburg, [2], [9], [26], [28], [31], [32], [41], [126], [146], [150], [164], [167], [196], [227], [246].
Fullam, W. F., [247].
Fulton, Robert, [154].
Gentry, Susie, [248].
Geography Series, [210–211], [222–225], [237].
Georgetown College, [94].
Georgia, [171], [172].
Gibraltar, [12].
Gilliss, John P., [44], [45], [81].
Gladstone, William Ewart, [175].
Glynn, James, [29], [31].
Godon, Sylvanus W., [108].
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, [131].
Goldsborough, Lewis M., [44].
Goshen Pass, [240], [241], [246], [249].
Graham, Secretary of Navy, William A., [56], [64], [114], [116].
Gregory, Captain Francis H., [30].
Gunboats, Construction of, [158–160].
Hall of Fame, [245].
Hamburg, Germany, [246], [247].
Harlan, Senator James, [87].
Harper and Brothers, [68], [102].
Harpeth Academy, [4], [7].
Harris, Isham G., [198].
Harrison, Thomas, [127].
Hasbrouck, William C., [5], [7], [68], [123], [147].
Hassler, F. R., [31].
Hawaii, [17].
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, [128].
Haymond, Thomas S., [145].
Hemans, Felicia D., [132].
Henry, Professor Joseph, [89].
Herald, [168], [169].
Herdman, Sir William A., [75], [249].
Hergesheimer, E. Sophonisba, [247].
Herndon, Ann Hull (See Maury, Mrs. M. F.).
Herndon, Dr. Brodie, [188], [237].
Herndon, Edward, [8].
Herndon, Ellen, [59].
Herndon, William Lewis, [82], [119].
Herschel, Sir John, [74], [75].
Hindman, General Thomas C., [197].
Hjort, Johan, [249].
Hollywood Cemetery, [241].
Holmes, Nathaniel J., [183], [204], [205].
Honolulu, [17].
Houston, Samuel, [7], [128].
Hubbard, Professor J. S., [47], [48].
Humboldt, Baron F. H. Alexander von, [59], [65], [68], [78], [128].
Ibanez, Vicente Blasco, [248].
Immortality, H. M. S., [170].
“Inca Papers” on the Amazon, [119–120].
Investigator, H. M. S., [82].
Irving, Washington, [18].
Irving, Midshipman William, [18].
Jackson, Andrew, [27], [29].
Jackson, “Stonewall”, [240], [245].
Jansen, Marin H., [128], [138], [181], [189], [190], [203], [208], [209], [232], [237], [244].
Japan, [171].
Jay, John, [245].
John Gilpin, [61].
Johnston, Senator John Warfield, [231].
Jomard, E. F., [74], [128].
Jones, John Paul, [245].
Jones, Thomas Ap Catesby, [29], [30], [41].
Juarez, Benito P., [214].
Kamehameha III, [17].
Kane, Dr. Elisha K., [82], [128].
Kearny, Captain Lawrence, [30].
Keith, Professor Ruel, [47].
Kennedy, Secretary of Navy, John P., [114].
Kennon, Beverly, [155].
Kilby, [62].
Lafayette, Marquis de, [10–12], [27].
Laird, John, [171], [209].
Lalande, Joseph de, [48], [49].
Land Meteorology, [85–89], [229–237].
Lee, General Robert Edward, [144], [146], [183], [187], [188], [191–193], [220], [239], [244].
Lee, S. P., [67].
Letcher, Governor John, [145], [150], [158], [159], [161], [220], [227].
Leverrier, W. J. J., [48], [128].
Lexington, Virginia, [220], [221], [227], [228], [239–241], [246].
Lieber, Hamilton, [132].
Liebig, Justus von, [128].
Lincoln, Abraham, [123], [125], [126], [157], [183].
Locke, John, [46].
Lomax, Judge John T., [41].
Longfellow, H. W., [216].
Lopez, Colonel Miguel, [214].
Lowell Institute, [103].
Lynch, William Francis, [81], [82].
Macdonough, Thomas, [7].
Macedonian, [13], [29].
Magruder, General John B., [197].
Mallory, Stephen R., [113–115], [146], [150], [160–162], [166], [174], [179], [215].
Manassas, Battle of, [161].
Manila, [18].
Manning, George, [68].
“Mare Nostrum”, [248].
Margolle, M., [232].
Markham, Clements, [200].
Marquesas Islands, [14].
Maupin (Mauphin?), Dr. Socrates, [153].
Maury, U. S. S. Destroyer, [247].
“Maury Testimonial”, [208], [209].
Maury, Abram, [2], [7].
Maury, Betty (Mrs. W. A. Maury), [139], [141], [146].
Maury, General Dabney H., [67], [90], [183].
Maury, Diana Fontaine (See “Corbin, Mrs. Diana Fontaine”).
Maury, Eliza, [141], [203].
Maury, Ellen, [59].
Maury, John Herndon, [132], [141], [183], [184].
Maury, John Minor, [7], [16], [26].
Maury, Lucy, [141], [185], [203], [215].
Maury, Mary (Mrs. James R. Werth), [126], [141], [203], [215], [247], [251].
Maury, Mrs. Matthew Fontaine, [9], [22], [26], [123], [126], [140], [142], [146], [163], [185], [191], [195], [196], [198], [200], [202], [203], [215], [237], [239], [243].
Maury, Matthew Fontaine, his birth, [2];
elementary education, [4–6];
entrance to the Navy, [7–9];
his first three cruises, [10–24];
his “A New Theoretical and Practical Treatise on Navigation”, [27–28];
promoted Lieutenant, [29];
South Sea Exploring Expedition, [29–30];
surveying Southern harbors, [31];
injury to his leg, [32];
“Scraps from the Lucky Bag”, [33–40], [43], [155];
journalistic work, [41–43];
astronomical work, [44–50];
“Wind and Current Charts”, [51–63], [83], [144], [249];
honors, [63–65], [112], [162], [163];
“Physical Geography of the Sea”, [66–75], [84], [102], [124], [243], [249], [250];
Atlantic Telegraph Cable, [75–80], [211–213];
interest in Arctic and Antarctic exploration, [81–83];
ocean lanes for steamers, [83];
land meteorology, [85–89], [229–237];
transportation routes, [90–93];
lectures and addresses, [93–106];
“Retiring Board”, [107–117], [146];
promoted Commander, [117];
“Inca Papers” on the Amazon, [119–120];
mediation between North and South, [120–125];
his resignation from the U. S. Navy, [126], [127], [143];
his character, [129], [130], [250], [251];
ideas about education, [131–134], [140], [141];
Maury and his family, [134–142];
his appearance, [135];
assistance in the defense of Virginia, [145–147];
a Commander in the Virginia State Navy and also a Commander in the Navy of the Confederacy, [145];
as Chief of Bureau of Coast, Harbor, and River Defense invents torpedoes (or mines), [148–155];
“Ben Bow” articles in the Richmond Enquirer, [155–158], [162];
construction of gunboats, [158–160];
invited to Russia, [162–165];
invited to France, [166], [204], [205];
ordered to England, [166–170];
fitting out Georgia and Rappahannock, [171–174];
as a propagandist for the Confederacy, [174–176];
international political intrigues, [176–177];
experiments with electric mines, [178–183];
leaves England, [183–188];
goes to Mexico, [189–192];
Mexican colonization scheme, [189], [193–201], [202], [203], [213];
in England again, [202];
his “Torpedo School”, [204–208];
“Maury Testimonial”, [208–209];
his Geography Series, [210–211], [222–225], [237];
enters the Church, [215];
Cambridge University confers on him the LL.D., [215–217];
his return to the United States, [218–220];
“Physical Survey of Virginia”, [219], [221], [222], [227], [233];
Maury at Virginia Military Institute, [220–239];
last illness and death, [237–239];
his burial in Hollywood Cemetery, [240–241];
estimates of his work, [242–244], [248–251];
monuments and other memorials, [149], [244–248].
Maury, Matthew Fontaine, Junior (“Brave”), [141], [167–169], [171], [185], [186], [203], [215], [222], [236], [241].
Maury, Mytton, [222].
Maury, Reuben, [8].
Maury, Richard (father of Matthew Fontaine Maury), [2].
Maury, Richard (brother to Matthew Fontaine Maury), [8].
Maury, Richard Launcelot, [132], [141], [147], [167], [187], [196], [198], [201], [210], [239].
Maury, Robert H., [149].
Maury, Rutson, [147], [215], [224], [231].
Maury, Thompson B., [236].
Maury, William L., [108], [153], [171], [172].
Maximilian, Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria, and Emperor of Mexico, [128], [177], [189–191], [193], [195–204], [212], [213], [215].
McCauley, Charles S., [108].
McClure, Commander (Royal Navy), [82].
McGuire, Parson E. C., [26].
McKay, Donald, [128].
McRay, Archibald, [81].
Mejía, General Tomás, [214].
Merrimac (C. S. S. Virginia), [159].
Minnesota, [148], [151], [158].
Minor, Diana, [2].
Minor, Dudas, [2].
Minor, John, [146].
Minor, Robert D., [151].
Miramón, General Miguel, [214].
Missroon, John S., [108], [115].
Mobile Bay, Battle of, [178].
Moffitt, Mrs. E. E., [245].
Mohican, [169], [170].
Monroe, President James, [241].
Montague, R. L., [145].
Monuments and memorials, [149], [244–248], [250].
Mordecai, Major Alfred, [197].
Moretti, Giuseppe, [246].
Morgan, James Morris, [168], [170].
Morris, Captain Charles, [10], [18].
Morris, Dr., [151], [153].
Morse, Professor S. F. B., [80], [128].
Müller, Max, [216].
Murray, John, [249].
Myer, General Albert James, [229], [235–237].
Nabuco, Joaquim, [120].
Napoleon I, [18].
Napoleon III, [65], [166], [174], [175], [177], [204], [214], [215].
Nashville, Tennessee, [3], [105], [123], [246].
Navigation, Maury’s “A New Theoretical and Practical Treatise on Navigation”, [27], [28].
Newton, Isaac, [131].
Niagara, [79], [172].
Norfolk, Virginia, [7], [13], [29], [31], [41], [91], [93], [148], [151], [159], [161], [221], [234], [235], [246].
Nukahiva, [14–16].
Ocean Lanes for steamers, [83].
Orr, Colonel James L., [165].
Otey, Bishop James, [4], [96], [128].
Packer, Governor William F., [121].
Page, Richard L., [81], [108].
Page, Thomas Nelson, [243], [244].
Pakington, Sir John, [209].
Pasteur, Louis, [165].
Paulding, Secretary of Navy, James K., [33].
Peacock, [30].
Pendergrast, G. J., [108].
Pendleton, William (D.D.), [239].
Perkins, Judge John, [198].
Perry, Matthew Calbraith, [30], [81], [108], [109], [111], [128].
“Physical Geography of the Sea”, [66–75], [84], [102], [124], [243], [249], [250].
“Physical Survey of Virginia”, [219], [221], [222], [227], [233].
Pioneer, [229].
Plato, [131].
Platt, Captain Charles T., [67].
Plutarch, [131].
Poe, Edgar Allan, [28].
Poinsett, Secretary of War, Joel R., [30].
Polk, Bishop Leonidas, [128], [151].
Pollard, Edward Albert, [160].
Poma, Manuela, [24], [25].
Pope Pius IX, [59], [65], [214].
Porter, David, [7], [16].
Potomac, [25], [26].
Preston, Margaret J., [240].
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FOOTNOTES:

[1] “Scraps from a Lucky Bag” in Southern Literary Messenger, May, 1840.