An account of Daniel Bedinger's's life

Name/Title

An account of Daniel Bedinger's's life

Entry/Object ID

ARC501

Scope and Content

A handwritten account (no date) of Daniel Bedinger's life: his birth near Shepherdstown, his experience in the Revolutionary War, his appointment as Navy (?) Agent during Jefferson's presidency, his purchase of masts from frigate Constitution, which were used in portico of his home (burned under General Hunter's orders during the Civil War); author not named

Acquisition

Accession

79

Source or Donor

Read, Eleanor Perry

Acquisition Method

Gift

Archive Details

Archive Size/Extent

9 1/4" x 7" lined paper