Outgoing correspondence from John Barr to others , 1858 February

This collection contains correspondence to and from John Gorman Barr as well as other documents and manuscripts pertaining to his travels on his way through Europe to Australia to take up his post there as the United States Consul. Many of the letters to his sister describe the cities and places along his journey. There are also letters of condolence from J. M. Tarleton of the State Department and other friends to Barr's family after his death from sunstroke on the way to Australia. There are also four speeches and an essay by Barr when he was a student at The University of Alabama, and two newspaper clippings concerning him.