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A SCHOOL HISTORY OF THE
eight years. He was also President of the Virginia
Normal Collegiate Institute.
Hon. Robert Small, the pilot and captain of the
steamer Planet, also the Congressman, must not be
Robert Small.
overlooked on these pages. Moving from Beaufort,
South Carolina, to Charleston in '51, he was em¬
ployed as " rigger," thereby getting a knowledge of
ships and the life of sailors. His greatest work was
with the Planter, a Confederate transport steamer
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