Saturday, April 10, 2021

John J. Guthrie Papers in North Carolina

From the Biennial Report of the North Carolina  Historical Commission 1919.

JOHN J. GUTHRIE PAPERS

Collection contains 17 manuscripts of Captain John Julius Guthrie, the last commander of the blockade-runner, Advance.  (He did command the Advance, but it was commanded by someone else when it was captured.)

Among them are three A.L.S. of Governor Vance and also a list of the officers and crew of the Advance on February 1864.

Presented by Surgeon Joseph  A. Guthrie, USN, a son of  Captain John Julius Guthrie.

--Old B-Runner


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