John Julius Guthrie (d. 1877) Papers, PC.545
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- John Julius Guthrie (d. 1877) Papers
- Call Number
- PC.545
- Creator
- Unknown
- Date
- 1859-1918
- Repository
- State Archives of North Carolina
Collection Overview
Papers of Commander Guthrie, the earliest of which relate to his service as lieutenant with the U.S. Coast Survey (1859-1860) and on the U.S. Sloop Saratoga (1860-1861). His papers as Confederate commander of the blockade-runner Advance include orders and letter about pay from Governor Vance; list of officers and crew, most of them foreigners (Feb., 1864); letter from Frank J. Wilson describing run on another vessel to Nassau and Bermuda; list of personal goods requested by Gen. J. G. Martin (1863); and assorted accounts and passes. Postwar papers relate to Guthrie as carrier of dispatches for Governor Holden (Sept. to Nov., 1865); as captain of steamer in Georgia (1866), including list of landings and points on two Georgia rivers; and as superintendent of U.S. lifesaving stations on North Carolina coast (1876-1877). Copied material concerns Guthrie's gift of captured Chinese flag to the state in 1859, assistance rendered U.S.S. Roanoke, capture of the slaver Nightingale on African coast (1861), his Confederate service in 1861, and bills introduced in Congress for relief of his widow (1890-1892). Papers of J. Julius Guthrie, Jr., editor of the (Raleigh) Daily Progress (1866-1867) include his Civil War exemption (1863) and oath (1865); letters from Confederate Brig. Gen. Raleigh E. Colston at Hillsborough Military Academy (1866), from former editor J. L. Pennington about the newspaper business in North Carolina (1867), from a French pharmaceutical firm about advertising; and letters concerning his father's death. Papers (1908-1918) of other son Dr. Joseph A. Guthrie, surgeon, U.S. Navy, relate to his service in Spanish-American War and to criticism of Josephus Daniels (1918), and include photograph of portrait of his granduncle "Le Comte de Dijon, France." Miscellaneous items include Vance's printed proclamation of Apr. 28, 1865, calling for civil order.