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Spencer, Elizabeth Scott

Spencer, John Canfield ()

Biography

Philip Spencer was the son of Secretary of War John Canfield Spencer. He was a midshipman in the U.S. Navy and was hanged for mutiny aboard the U.S.S. Somers on Dec. 1 1842. His and his fellow mutineers executions prompted a court martial of the Somers Captain and served as an inspiration for Herman Melville's story Billy Budd.

Letter References

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 31, 1843

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Frederick William Seward, December 23, 1842

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, December 27, 1842

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, December 23, 1842

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, December 23, 1842

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, December 31, 1842

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, June 8, 1842

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, February 13, 1843

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