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John Bell was one of antebellum Tennessee's most prominent politicians and an acknowledged leader of the state's Whig Party. The son of a farmer and blacksmith, Bell was born in Davidson County and graduated from Cumberland College in 1814. After his admission to the bar in 1816, he opened a law practice in Franklin in Williamson County. A year later, his political career began with his election to the state Senate, but he declined to seek reelection after one term. Perhaps because he recognized the limitations of a provincial town for an ambitious youth, he moved to Murfreesboro, then Tennessee's capital, before finally settling in Nashville, the state's commercial center. By the time Nashville became the capital in 1826, Bell had established himself as one of the city's most prominent attorneys.

In 1827 Bell returned to politics and won the first of seven congressional terms in a bitter contest against former congressman Felix Grundy. He entered the House of Representatives as a supporter of Andrew Jackson, despite Jackson's endorsement of Grundy. Toward the end of Jackson's presidency, however, Bell worked with the administration's opposition. Never a member of the president's inner circle, Bell cultivated close connections with Nashville's mercantile community–solidified by his 1835 marriage to Jane (Erwin) Yeatman, the widow of one of the city's wealthiest merchants–and began to sympathize with the developing Whig Party's advocacy of federal government promotion of national economic development. At the same time, he apparently recognized that Jackson's preference for rival politicians would hinder his own aspirations. In 1835, although he still proclaimed loyalty to the administration, Bell accepted opposition support to win election over James K. Polk, Jackson's choice as Speaker of the House. Later that year he openly broke with the president when he became one of the leaders of the movement to elect Tennessee Senator Hugh Lawson White, rather than Democratic Party nominee Martin Van Buren, as Jackson's successor.

After White's loss in the 1836 presidential election, Bell successfully worked to move White's support into the national Whig Party, and the party ultimately rewarded him for his service with an 1841 appointment as secretary of war for the first Whig president, William Henry Harrison. Bell served only six months in the War Department before he and other cabinet members resigned after the party repudiated John Tyler, who had become president following Harrison's death. Returning to his law practice in Nashville, Bell spent the next six years watching political developments and waiting for the chance to return to public office. His opportunity finally came in 1847, when he agreed to serve a term in the state House of Representatives, where he gathered sufficient support to win election to the United States Senate.

Reelected to a second term in 1853, Bell served in the Senate during the national debate over the expansion of slavery into new territories. Although a slave owner, Bell quickly distinguished himself as an advocate of compromise. The only senator from a southern state to vote against passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854, in 1858 he defied instructions from the Democratic-controlled Tennessee General Assembly and voted against Kansas's admission to the Union as a slave state. By the latter date, the legislature had already elected a Democrat to succeed him in the Senate, but his reputation as a defender of the Union made him an ideal presidential candidate in 1860 for the hastily formed Constitutional Union Party. In a contest characterized by sectional division, Bell finished last among four candidates, but he won the second largest number of popular votes in the southern states and carried the electoral votes of Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia.

When the lower South seceded after Abraham Lincoln's presidential victory, Bell at first urged Tennesseans to remain in the Union, and he met with the new president to encourage him to pursue a peaceful policy toward the South. After Fort Sumter and Lincoln's call for volunteers to put down the rebellion, Bell became convinced that the Republicans intended to impose a military dictatorship upon the South. He then reluctantly endorsed Tennessee's withdrawal from the Union. As the champion of a broken Union, Bell witnessed his political career come to an abrupt end. He avoided the Union army's occupation of Tennessee by moving to Alabama and later Georgia. After the war he spent his remaining years near the family's iron foundry in Stewart County.

Despite the oblivion of his later years, Bell had been among the most prominent southern politicians in the antebellum era. His career presents a reminder that Tennesseans were united neither behind Andrew Jackson's Democratic Party nor behind the extreme advocates of the defense of southern rights.

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Initially an ally of Andrew Jackson, Bell turned against Jackson in the mid-1830s and aligned himself with the Whig Party, a shift that earned him the nickname "The Great Apostate." He consistently battled Jackson's allies, namely James K. Polk, over issues such as the national bank and the election spoils system. Following the death of Hugh Lawson White in 1840, Bell became the acknowledged leader of Tennessee's Whigs.

Although a slaveholder, Bell was one of the few Southern politicians to oppose the expansion of slavery in the 1850s, and he campaigned vigorously against secession in the years leading up to the American Civil War. During his 1860 presidential campaign, he argued that secession was unnecessary since the Constitution protected slavery, an argument that resonated with voters in border states, helping him capture the electoral votes of Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia. After the Battle of Fort Sumter in April 1861, Bell abandoned the Union cause and supported the Confederacy.

John Bell (February 18, 1796 – September 10, 1869) was an American politician, attorney, and planter. One of Tennessee's most prominent antebellum politicians, he served in the House of Representatives from 1827 to 1841, and in the Senate from 1847 to 1859. He was Speaker of the House for the 23rd Congress (1834–1835), and briefly served as Secretary of War during the administration of William Henry Harrison (1841). In 1860, he ran for president as the candidate for the Constitutional Union Party, a third party which took a neutral stance on the issue of slavery. Initially an ally of Andrew Jackson, Bell turned against Jackson in the mid-1830s and aligned himself with the Whig Party, a shift that earned him the nickname "The Great Apostate." He consistently battled Jackson's allies, namely James K. Polk, over issues such as the national bank and the election spoils system. Following the death of Hugh Lawson White in 1840, Bell became the acknowledged leader of Tennessee's Whigs. Although a slaveholder, Bell was one of the few Southern politicians to oppose the expansion of slavery in the 1850s, and he campaigned vigorously against secession in the years leading up to the American Civil War. During his 1860 presidential campaign, he argued that secession was unnecessary since the Constitution protected slavery, an argument that resonated with voters in border states, helping him capture the electoral votes of Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia. After the Battle of Fort Sumter in April 1861, Bell abandoned the Union cause and supported the Confederacy.

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Biographical Directory of the United States Congress biography, John Bell, accessed July 21, 2020

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BELL, JOHN, a Representative and a Senator from Tennessee; born near Nashville, Tenn., February 18, 1796; graduated from Cumberland College in 1814; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1816 and commenced practice in Franklin, Tenn.; member, State senate 1817; declined to be a candidate for reelection and moved to Nashville; elected to the Twentieth, and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1827-March 3, 1841); Speaker of the House of Representatives (Twenty-third Congress); chairman, Committee on Indian Affairs (Twenty-first through Twenty-sixth Congresses, except for Twenty-third), Committee on Judiciary (Twenty-second and Twenty-third Congresses); appointed by President William Henry Harrison as Secretary of War March 5, 1841, and served until September 12, 1841, when he resigned; member, State house of representatives in 1847; elected as a Whig to the United States Senate in 1847; reelected in 1853, and served from November 22, 1847, to March 3, 1859; unsuccessful candidate in 1860 for President of the United States on the Constitutional Union ticket; investor in ironworks at Cumberland Furnace in Chattanooga, Tenn.; died at his home on the banks of the Cumberland River, near Cumberland Furnace, September 10, 1869; interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery, near Nashville, Tenn.

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Tennessee Encyclopedia biography, John Bell, accessed July 21, 2020

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In 1827 Bell returned to politics and won the first of seven congressional terms in a bitter contest against former congressman Felix Grundy. He entered the House of Representatives as a supporter of Andrew Jackson, despite Jackson's endorsement of Grundy. Toward the end of Jackson's presidency, however, Bell worked with the administration's opposition. Never a member of the president's inner circle, Bell cultivated close connections with Nashville's mercantile community–solidified by his 1835 marriage to Jane (Erwin) Yeatman, the widow of one of the city's wealthiest merchants–and began to sympathize with the developing Whig Party's advocacy of federal government promotion of national economic development. At the same time, he apparently recognized that Jackson's preference for rival politicians would hinder his own aspirations. In 1835, although he still proclaimed loyalty to the administration, Bell accepted opposition support to win election over James K. Polk, Jackson's choice as Speaker of the House. Later that year he openly broke with the president when he became one of the leaders of the movement to elect Tennessee Senator Hugh Lawson White, rather than Democratic Party nominee Martin Van Buren, as Jackson's successor.

After White's loss in the 1836 presidential election, Bell successfully worked to move White's support into the national Whig Party, and the party ultimately rewarded him for his service with an 1841 appointment as secretary of war for the first Whig president, William Henry Harrison. Bell served only six months in the War Department before he and other cabinet members resigned after the party repudiated John Tyler, who had become president following Harrison's death. Returning to his law practice in Nashville, Bell spent the next six years watching political developments and waiting for the chance to return to public office. His opportunity finally came in 1847, when he agreed to serve a term in the state House of Representatives, where he gathered sufficient support to win election to the United States Senate.

Reelected to a second term in 1853, Bell served in the Senate during the national debate over the expansion of slavery into new territories. Although a slave owner, Bell quickly distinguished himself as an advocate of compromise. The only senator from a southern state to vote against passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854, in 1858 he defied instructions from the Democratic-controlled Tennessee General Assembly and voted against Kansas's admission to the Union as a slave state. By the latter date, the legislature had already elected a Democrat to succeed him in the Senate, but his reputation as a defender of the Union made him an ideal presidential candidate in 1860 for the hastily formed Constitutional Union Party. In a contest characterized by sectional division, Bell finished last among four candidates, but he won the second largest number of popular votes in the southern states and carried the electoral votes of Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia.

When the lower South seceded after Abraham Lincoln's presidential victory, Bell at first urged Tennesseans to remain in the Union, and he met with the new president to encourage him to pursue a peaceful policy toward the South. After Fort Sumter and Lincoln's call for volunteers to put down the rebellion, Bell became convinced that the Republicans intended to impose a military dictatorship upon the South. He then reluctantly endorsed Tennessee's withdrawal from the Union. As the champion of a broken Union, Bell witnessed his political career come to an abrupt end. He avoided the Union army's occupation of Tennessee by moving to Alabama and later Georgia. After the war he spent his remaining years near the family's iron foundry in Stewart County.

Despite the oblivion of his later years, Bell had been among the most prominent southern politicians in the antebellum era. His career presents a reminder that Tennesseans were united neither behind Andrew Jackson's Democratic Party nor behind the extreme advocates of the defense of southern rights.

John Bell was one of antebellum Tennessee's most prominent politicians and an acknowledged leader of the state's Whig Party. The son of a farmer and blacksmith, Bell was born in Davidson County and graduated from Cumberland College in 1814. After his admission to the bar in 1816, he opened a law practice in Franklin in Williamson County. A year later, his political career began with his election to the state Senate, but he declined to seek reelection after one term. Perhaps because he recognized the limitations of a provincial town for an ambitious youth, he moved to Murfreesboro, then Tennessee's capital, before finally settling in Nashville, the state's commercial center. By the time Nashville became the capital in 1826, Bell had established himself as one of the city's most prominent attorneys. In 1827 Bell returned to politics and won the first of seven congressional terms in a bitter contest against former congressman Felix Grundy. He entered the House of Representatives as a supporter of Andrew Jackson, despite Jackson's endorsement of Grundy. Toward the end of Jackson's presidency, however, Bell worked with the administration's opposition. Never a member of the president's inner circle, Bell cultivated close connections with Nashville's mercantile community–solidified by his 1835 marriage to Jane (Erwin) Yeatman, the widow of one of the city's wealthiest merchants–and began to sympathize with the developing Whig Party's advocacy of federal government promotion of national economic development. At the same time, he apparently recognized that Jackson's preference for rival politicians would hinder his own aspirations. In 1835, although he still proclaimed loyalty to the administration, Bell accepted opposition support to win election over James K. Polk, Jackson's choice as Speaker of the House. Later that year he openly broke with the president when he became one of the leaders of the movement to elect Tennessee Senator Hugh Lawson White, rather than Democratic Party nominee Martin Van Buren, as Jackson's successor. After White's loss in the 1836 presidential election, Bell successfully worked to move White's support into the national Whig Party, and the party ultimately rewarded him for his service with an 1841 appointment as secretary of war for the first Whig president, William Henry Harrison. Bell served only six months in the War Department before he and other cabinet members resigned after the party repudiated John Tyler, who had become president following Harrison's death. Returning to his law practice in Nashville, Bell spent the next six years watching political developments and waiting for the chance to return to public office. His opportunity finally came in 1847, when he agreed to serve a term in the state House of Representatives, where he gathered sufficient support to win election to the United States Senate. Reelected to a second term in 1853, Bell served in the Senate during the national debate over the expansion of slavery into new territories. Although a slave owner, Bell quickly distinguished himself as an advocate of compromise. The only senator from a southern state to vote against passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854, in 1858 he defied instructions from the Democratic-controlled Tennessee General Assembly and voted against Kansas's admission to the Union as a slave state. By the latter date, the legislature had already elected a Democrat to succeed him in the Senate, but his reputation as a defender of the Union made him an ideal presidential candidate in 1860 for the hastily formed Constitutional Union Party. In a contest characterized by sectional division, Bell finished last among four candidates, but he won the second largest number of popular votes in the southern states and carried the electoral votes of Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia. When the lower South seceded after Abraham Lincoln's presidential victory, Bell at first urged Tennesseans to remain in the Union, and he met with the new president to encourage him to pursue a peaceful policy toward the South. After Fort Sumter and Lincoln's call for volunteers to put down the rebellion, Bell became convinced that the Republicans intended to impose a military dictatorship upon the South. He then reluctantly endorsed Tennessee's withdrawal from the Union. As the champion of a broken Union, Bell witnessed his political career come to an abrupt end. He avoided the Union army's occupation of Tennessee by moving to Alabama and later Georgia. After the war he spent his remaining years near the family's iron foundry in Stewart County. Despite the oblivion of his later years, Bell had been among the most prominent southern politicians in the antebellum era. His career presents a reminder that Tennesseans were united neither behind Andrew Jackson's Democratic Party nor behind the extreme advocates of the defense of southern rights.

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John M. Bell letter : to James Maidment, 1833 Dec. 24.

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Bell, John M., 1797-1869. John M. Bell letter : to James Maidment, 1833 Dec. 24.

Title: John M. Bell letter : to James Maidment, 1833 Dec. 24.

Asks to borrow Maidment's copy of papers pertaining to a recent case for which Maidment was attorney. Includes a brief description of the case.

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Jacobs, John Williams, Collector. Isaac Shelby : papers, 1792-1893.

Title: Isaac Shelby : papers, 1792-1893.

The collection was compiled by John Williams Jacobs, and primarily consists of papers of Isaac Shelby acquired from Shelby's son-in-law, Charles S. Todd. Included are letters and autographs of prominent political and military leaders from the late 18th to mid-19th centuries. The letters discuss Indian hostilities, Ky. politics, and national affairs. Correspondents include Willie Blount, John Breckinridge, John Brown, Elijah Clark, John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, Joseph H. Daviess, Felix Grundy, Andrew Jackson, Robert P. Letcher, George Mathew, George Nicholas, Edmund Randolph, Charles Scott, Thomas Todd, Anthony Wayne, Daniel Webster, and James Wilkinson.

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Confidential and unofficial letters sent [microform]. 1814-1847

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Confidential and unofficial letters sent [microform]., 1814-1847

Title: Confidential and unofficial letters sent [microform]. 1814-1847

Two letterbooks containing transcriptions of outgoing letters by departmental officials, including Lewis Cass and Albert M. Lea, who were involved with exploration of the upper Midwest.

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Marshall family papers, 1815-1897.

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Marshall family. Marshall family papers, 1815-1897.

Title: Marshall family papers, 1815-1897.

The letters include references to national political affairs and personalities from 1832 to 1835. Thomas Alexander Marshall's wife, Eliza Price Marshall, a niece by marriage of Henry Clay and Senator John Brown, is represented in the correspondence as are the Marshall children, Anna Maria Marshall (Mrs. William Crosby Smedes) and her husband; John Hart Marshall, Humphrey Marshall, Charles Sims Marshall, and Eliza Nannette Marshall (Mrs. William Turner). The family correspondence, 1823-1879, discusses Calif. in the 1850's; Nicaragua under the regime of William Walker, 1856-1857; John H. Marshall; the Civil War; and Taos, New Mexico. Correspondents include Thomas E. Bramlette, Henry Clay, James Paxton Harbeson, John Marshall, and Theodore Dwight Woolsey. Also included are legal papers, 1815-1866; receipts, 1858-1875; a brief 1897 biography of Colonel Thomas Smith (ca. 1792-1866) of Louisville; and miscellaneous material.

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Letters / J.E. Bell. [1893-1894]

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Bell, J. E. Letters / J.E. Bell.

Title: Letters / J.E. Bell. [1893-1894]

Complies with request for a photograph of his father, about whom Richardson is writing an essay.

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Gustavus A. Henry papers, 1804-1895.

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Henry, Gustavus A. (Gustavus Adolphus), 1804-1880. Gustavus A. Henry papers, 1804-1895.

Title: Gustavus A. Henry papers, 1804-1895.

Chiefly family correspondence of the Henrys, particularly of Gustavus and Marion and their children. Included is correspondence between Gustavus and Marion while he was away on court business and campaigning in Tennessee for the Whigs and Henry Clay. Also included is their correspondence while he was on trips to visit his plantations in Mississippi and Arkansas. Gustavus wrote about the crops and slaves on his plantations. Marion wrote about friends and family in Clarksville and her work with the Mount Vernon Association. Letters from the children were written chiefly while they were away at school, particularly from Susan at the Columbia Female Institute in Tennessee, from John at the University of Virginia, and from Gustavus, Jr., at the Military Academy at West Point. They also corresponded while on trips with their father to Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas; and Susan wrote while travelling in Virginia, New York, and the District of Columbia in 1853. Several of the Henry sons joined the Confederate Army during the Civil War, and Gustavus, Jr., served on the staff of General G. J. Pillow. In addition to family correspondence there are a few letters from political associates of Gustavus, including letters on the activities of John Bell. The earliest papers relate to Marion McClure Henry and her family before her marriage.

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John Bell collection, 1815-61. 1797-1869.

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Bell, John, 1797-1869. John Bell collection, 1815-61.

Title: John Bell collection, 1815-61. 1797-1869.

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Speech, 1860.

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Anderson, B. B. Speech, 1860.

Title: Speech, 1860.

Consists of a speech delivered by B.B. Anderson to the ladies of Nashville on the occasion of the election between John Bell and Edward Everett, 1860.

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Ethan Allen Hitchcock Papers 1793-1888 (bulk 1830-1865)

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Ethan Allen Hitchcock Papers, 1793-1888, (bulk 1830-1865)

Title: Ethan Allen Hitchcock Papers 1793-1888 (bulk 1830-1865)

Army officer and author. Collection includes correspondence, notes, speeches and writings, and printed matter relating to Hitchcock's military career and his interest in metaphysics and philosophy.

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Saint James School collection, 1777-1847.

Title: Saint James School collection, 1777-1847.

Correspondence relating to American political history. Correspondents include John Adams, John Quincy Adams, John Bell, Lucien Bonaparte, prince de Canino, Henry Clay, Charles Guillaume Frédéric Dumas, Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, William Henry Harrison, Thomas Jefferson, Arthur Lee, Louis XVI, King of France, James Madison, John Marshall, William Vans Murray, Timothy Pickering, Edward Herbert, Earl of Powis, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord, prince de Bénévent, John Tyler, Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, George WAshington, Daniel Webster, George Wilder, and Joseph Wolff.

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Letters of R.M.T. Hunter, F. Mallory and Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1841-1883.

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Bell, John, 1797-1869,. Letters of R.M.T. Hunter, F. Mallory and Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1841-1883.

Title: Letters of R.M.T. Hunter, F. Mallory and Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1841-1883.

In a letter, 1841 April 22, to Secretary of War John Bell, F. Mallory recommends Dr. George M. Galt for the position of military store keeper at Old Point, Va. In a note, 1863 August 27, R.M.T. Hunter authorizes C.F.M. Garnett to take the slave Robert Bundy, property of Jane S. Hunter, from the Government Work Yard on Broad Street in Richmond. In a letter, 1868 September 14, Hunter thanks John Esten Cooke for information on the raising of sheep and in turn gives advice that was conveyed to him by Robert W. Scott of Fauquier. He closes with congratulations on the birth of Cooke's daughter. In a third person note, 1883 March 22, Tennyson grants permission for the German translation of "Frater Ave atque Vale" to be published in a German newspaper.

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Beall-Booth family papers, 1778-1956.

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Beall-Booth family. Beall-Booth family papers, 1778-1956.

Title: Beall-Booth family papers, 1778-1956.

Papers include correspondence regarding land speculation, surveys, and division of vast tracts of land in Kentucky, as well as the legal and financial problems associated with their landholdings; land records for acreage along the Kentucky, Ohio, and Green rivers; orders of payment and receipts regarding Norborne Beall's personal business; accounts and ledgers from Williamsburg and early Louisville, Ky., stores and merchants; and legal records. The letters and records also chronicle the hardships and dangers of frontier Kentucky, slave concerns, Kentucky economics, and politics. Correspondents include John May, George May, John Marshall, George Mason, Robert Morris, George Nicholas, Richard M. Johnson, Joseph Hamilton Daviess, Samuel Griffin, Robert Breckinridge, Basil Holmes, David Meade, James Mercer, David Ross, Robert Lewis, Henry Clay, Robert P. Letcher, and others. Also included are the papers of the William L. Booth family of Meade County, Ky., and Leavenworth, Ind. which contain correspondence and business and legal records. The bulk of the collection is correspondence discussing farming, finances, legal and business matters, diseases, family matters, the Mexican War, Civil War, religion, and politics.

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U.S. History mss., 1612-1977

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U.S. History mss., 1612-1977

Title: U.S. History mss., 1612-1977

Consists of individual items acquiredseparately either as a gift, purchase, transfer, or removal from a variety ofsources, relating to the United States. Additions continue to be made.

ArchivalResource: 551 items

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James K. Polk : miscellaneous papers, 1835-1848.

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Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849. James K. Polk : miscellaneous papers, 1835-1848.

Title: James K. Polk : miscellaneous papers, 1835-1848.

Included is a 6 July 1835 letter to Samuel H. Loughlin attacking John Bell for a letter he had written about Polk, feels that pro-bank interests are involved and asks Loughlin not to connect Bell with the presidential election in any editorials.

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Grundy, Felix 1777-1840 1832 June 9 letter.

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Grundy, Felix, 1777-1840. Grundy, Felix 1777-1840 1832 June 9 letter.

Title: Grundy, Felix 1777-1840 1832 June 9 letter.

Senator Grundy writes to a fellow Tennessean stating that despite strong speeches in oppostion, it appears likely that the Senate will pass a bill to re-charter the Bank of the United States. If Congress approves the bill, he suspects that it will be vetoed. He feels that the tariff will be reduced somewhat, but not sufficently, by a bill being considered by the House.

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Records of the Office of the Secretary of War. 1791 - 1948. Letters Received by Secretary of War John Bell

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Records of the Office of the Secretary of War. 1791 - 1948. Letters Received by Secretary of War John Bell

Title: Records of the Office of the Secretary of War. 1791 - 1948. Letters Received by Secretary of War John Bell

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Aaron Goodrich papers, 1828-1887.

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Goodrich, Aaron, 1807-1887. Aaron Goodrich papers, 1828-1887.

Title: Aaron Goodrich papers, 1828-1887.

Correspondence, clippings, certificates, political broadsides, and other materials relating to the career of Goodrich, the first chief justice of Minnesota Territory (1849-1851), secretary of the American legation in Brussels (1861-1869), and active in Minnesota and national politics.

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Confidential and unofficial letters sent, 1814-1847 [microform].

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United States. War Dept. Confidential and unofficial letters sent, 1814-1847 [microform].

Title: Confidential and unofficial letters sent, 1814-1847 [microform].

Two letterbooks containing transcriptions of outgoing letters by departmental officials, including Lewis Cass and Albert M. Lea, who were involved with exploration of the upper Midwest.

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Letters, 1860.

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Scott, Joseph F. Letters, 1860.

Title: Letters, 1860.

Scott's 8 July 1860 letter supports John Bell in the Presidential election and describes the mood of Kentucky voters as pro Bell with Breckinridge's supporters as "down in the mouth." in addition letter describes a picnic in Cynthiana (Ky.). James Wall's 8 August 1860 letter also supports Bell and includes an engraving of him. Its envelop has a Bell campaign slogan, "John Bell/Both bells have turned," printed on it.

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Papers of the editors of the Richmond Whig, 1828-1885 (bulk 1849-1883).

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Moselely, Alexander. Papers of the editors of the Richmond Whig, 1828-1885 (bulk 1849-1883).

Title: Papers of the editors of the Richmond Whig, 1828-1885 (bulk 1849-1883).

Scattered correspondence accumulated by the editors, chiefly by Wyatt M. Elliott, Alexander Moseley, and John Camden Shields. Included are letters from readers, contributors, subscribers, and advertisers, mostly relating to accounts and subscriptions.

ArchivalResource: 165 pieces.2 boxes.

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Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company receipt book, 1855-1856, 1859-1864.

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Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company. Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company receipt book, 1855-1856, 1859-1864.

Title: Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company receipt book, 1855-1856, 1859-1864.

This receipt book records freight delivered by the Mobile and Ohio Railroad at the De Soto, Miss., station (1855-1856). The agent's name was apparently Pardue. The volume was later used by a member of the Pardue family for a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings of poetry, stories, illustrations of women's dresses, and articles on bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Confederate General William J. Hardee, and Union candidate for president, John Bell of Tennessee (1859-1864).

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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American Political Ephemera, 1835-1884 (inclusive).

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McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896. American Political Ephemera, 1835-1884 (inclusive).

Title: American Political Ephemera, 1835-1884 (inclusive).

The collection consists of handbills, circular letters, poll tabulations, and miscellaneous electioneering material, including satirical and cartoon campaign cards, for political campaigns in Pennsylvania, predominantly in Philadelphia. Filed in with Elections, Miscellaneous are two advertising cards for campaign card and campaign badge manufacturers, and a few electioneering pieces related to New York campaigns.

ArchivalResource: 1 box .21 linear ft.

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Abraham Lincoln letter, 1860.

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Abraham Lincoln letter, 1860.

Title: Abraham Lincoln letter, 1860.

The collection consists of a letter to Abraham Lincoln from three Georgians (Len M. Griffin, Joseph Law, and Alexander N. Murphy) on the eve of his inauguration asking that he refuse to act as president. They wish him to request the electoral college to cast their votes for John Bell of Tennessee, and Edward Everett of Massachusetts. This letter and others, according to Carl Sandburg, were salvaged from the trash by the family maid as the Lincolns were leaving Springfield. The crumpling of the the last leaf was probably due to this original disposal by Mary Lincoln. An extraordinary letter, reflecting the bitter sentiments of many Georgians on the eve of Lincoln's inauguration and the establishment of the Confederacy.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (0.1 linear feet)

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Records of the Office of the Secretary of War. 1791 - 1948. Confidential and Unofficial Letters Sent

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Records of the Office of the Secretary of War. 1791 - 1948. Confidential and Unofficial Letters Sent

Title: Records of the Office of the Secretary of War. 1791 - 1948. Confidential and Unofficial Letters Sent

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[Tennessee broadside collection 1806-1860]. 1806-1860.

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[Tennessee broadside collection 1806-1860].

Title: [Tennessee broadside collection 1806-1860]. 1806-1860.

ArchivalResource: 53 pieces : ill.

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Polk and Yeatman family papers, 1773-1915.

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Polk and Yeatman family papers, 1773-1915.

Title: Polk and Yeatman family papers, 1773-1915.

The collection includes personal and business papers of three generations of the Polk and Yeatman family of North Carolina and Tennessee. Materials through the 1830s are chiefly letters and legal papers of William Polk of Raleigh, dealing with his widespread land speculation in North Carolina and Tennessee and his position as federal internal revenue supervisor for North Carolina. There are also, particularly in the 1820s, items relating to the treatment of slaves on North Carolina plantations. Papers from the 1830s through the 1890s relate mainly to the Maury County, Tenn., cotton plantations of Lucius Junius and Will Polk, including some items about the treatment of slaves; to Henry Clay Yeatman's law practice; and, particularly 1840-1861, to the political and personal life of John Bell. A letter each from Andrew Jackson and James K. Polk are included. Later materials relate to various enterprises in which Polk family members were involved, including a dry goods store and livestock firms. There is much family correspondence, especially after 1861, and scattered business and personal items of members of the related Hawkins, Devereux, and Rayner families. The Addition of May 2009 consists of an 1827 autographed letter from William Polk to the Adjutant General of the United States Army concerning the absence of his son, Leonidas Polk, and the possible delay of the latter's acceptance of his appointment as Brevet Second Lieutenant of Artillery.

ArchivalResource: About 2650 items (5.5 linear ft.)

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Minute book, 1860-1862.

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Friends of Bell and Everett Association. Minute book, 1860-1862.

Title: Minute book, 1860-1862.

One bound volume and three loose sheets, 1860-1862 containing association minutes.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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Jeremiah Clemens letters, 1842-1860.

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Jeremiah Clemens letters, 1842-1860.

Title: Jeremiah Clemens letters, 1842-1860.

This collection consists of letters from Jeremiah Clemens to newspapers that were published. These include an October 5, 1842, letter reprinted in the "Jacksonville Republican" of Jacksonville, Alabama, in which Clemens wrote to Sam Houston, the president of Texas, excoriating Houston as weak and vain for describing the volunteers who fought for the independence of Texas as undisciplined and expensive when those volunteers had just driven back a force of Mexicans three times more numerous than they were. A July 12, 1855, letter, printed probably in a Huntsville, Alabama, newspaper, contains Clemens' lengthy defense of the Know-Nothing Party (more than one full newspaper sheet). In addition, there is a letter from Clemens to the editor of the “Montgomery Mail,” reprinted in the July 25, 1860, edition of the “Montgomery Weekly Post,” in which Clemens supports the Constitutional Union ticket of John Bell and Edward Everett in the 1860 United States presidential election; another letter urging the same course printed in the November 7, 1860, edition of the same paper; and a November 14, 1860, letter printed in the same paper reluctantly urging sectionalism and confederation of government in the South.

ArchivalResource: 0.01 cubic ft. (1 folder).

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Papers of the Barbour family [manuscript], 1672-1930.

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Barbour, B. Johnson (Benjamin Johnson), 1821-1894. Papers of the Barbour family [manuscript], 1672-1930.

Title: Papers of the Barbour family [manuscript], 1672-1930.

The collection consists of personal and business papers of the Barbour family, including correspondence, pamphlets, newspapers, maps, speeches, documents, reports, and a record of weather observations. It consists chiefly of the correspondence of James Barbour of Barboursville, Orange County, Va., dealing mainly with his official business while Governor of Virginia (1812), Secretary of War (1825), and Minister to England (1828). There are also papers of Barbour's brother Philip Pendleton Barbour, his son Benjamin Johnson Barbour, and of other family members. There is correspondence with many notable Virginia and national statesmen. Subjects mentioned include politics, government, foreign relations, railroads, the tariff, land grants, finance, states rights, weights and measures, and plantation operations. The collection also includes "A Mappe of Paradise belonging to Mr. Richard Lee, surveyed July 22nd, 1672" by Richard Lawrence, and a land grant signed by John Quincy Adams.

ArchivalResource: 1600 items.

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Collection of Hickman and Weakley family papers, 1801-1885.

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Hickman, Edwin Litton, 1875-1956. Collection of Hickman and Weakley family papers, 1801-1885.

Title: Collection of Hickman and Weakley family papers, 1801-1885.

Papers, primarily correspondence, of five generations of the Hickman and Weakley families, including Col. Robert Weakley, Maj. John P. Hickman, Edwin Weakley Hickman, John Pryor Hickman, and Edwin Litton Hickman, all of Nashville, Tennessee. Includes 18 letters (1801-1822) to Col. Robert Weakley, mostly from members of the Locke family of North Carolina regarding taxes on their Tennessee land but also including family and neighborhood news of Rowan County; an 1836 letter from Weakley's nephew, William W. Fambro of Cahawba, Ala., discussing land in Texas, the price of slaves in Alabama, the hostility of the Creek Indians, and the Second Seminole War; and an 1840 tribute to Weakley's recently deceased son-in-law, Maj. John P. Hickman, a U.S. Army brigade quartermaster. Also includes 5 letters from Maj. Hickman to his wife, Narcissa Weakley Hickman, 1830-1836; one was written during his Second Seminole War service and another mentions political business, including comments about John Bell. Other items include an 1846 letter from Tennessee Gov. Aaron V. Brown to Edwin Weakley Hickman regarding raising a company of troops for the Mexican War; E.W. Hickman's 1850 law license; two volumes of Shakespeare excerpts copied in 1874 by John Pryor Hickman; and school themes and a scrapbook, ca. 1885, of Edwin Litton Hickman.

ArchivalResource: ca. 30 items and 3 volumes.

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John Bell letters and miscellany 1821, 1841, undated

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John Bell letters and miscellany, 1821, 1841, undated

Title: John Bell letters and miscellany 1821, 1841, undated

Bell, John; b. Nashville, Tenn. 2-15-1797; served in Congress; fmr. Secretary of War; ran for President in 1860 on the Constitutional Union ticket; d. 9-10-1869

ArchivalResource: 0.1; 1 folder

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John Overton papers, 1790-1840 [microfilm manuscript].

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Overton, John, 1766-1833. John Overton papers, 1790-1840 [microfilm manuscript].

Title: John Overton papers, 1790-1840 [microfilm manuscript].

Correspondence, chiefly of John Overton, Nashville, Tenn., lawyer, judge, and land speculator. Topics include Tennessee and national politics, legal issues, land speculation, and Andrew Jackson's political career. Correspondents include Joseph Anderson (1757-1837), John Bell (1797-1869), Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858), William Blount (1749-1800), Willie Blount (1767-1835), George Washington Campbell (1769-1848), Newton Cannon (1781-1841), William Charles Coles Claiborne (1775-1817), Henry Clay (1777-1852), William Cocke (1747-1828), John Coffee, William Dickson (1770-1816), John Henry Eaton (1790-1856), Thomas Emmerson, Edmund Pendleton Gaines (1777-1849), John Haywood (1762-1826), Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson (1843-1926), William Berkeley Lewis (1784-1866), Philip Lindsley (1786-1855), John Sevier (1745-1815), Martin Van Buren, Hugh Lawson White (1773-1840), and James Winchester (1752-1826). Also included are eight original items, primarily Overton family personal correspondence.

ArchivalResource: 468 items.

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Frederick S. Heiskell Papers, 1789-1882 1832-1882.

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Heiskell, Frederick Steidinger, 1786-1882. Frederick S. Heiskell Papers, 1789-1882 1832-1882.

Title: Frederick S. Heiskell Papers, 1789-1882 1832-1882.

Consists of correspondence between family members, and between F.S. Heiskell and professional and political colleagues; agricultural reports; Civil War claims and personal financial records of Heiskell's. Also included in the collection are 8 scrapbooks kept by Heiskell. These contain newspaper clippings on various topics, among them political events, poetry, recipes and agriculture.

ArchivalResource: 8 scrapbooks in 6 flat boxes.

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Brown-Ewell family papers, 1781-1984.

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Brown-Ewell family papers, 1781-1984.

Title: Brown-Ewell family papers, 1781-1984.

The collection is comprised of papers of George Washington Campbell, the Polk family, Plunkett family, Brown family, and Richard S. Ewell. Correspondence relates in part the activities and experiences of these allied families in the 19th and 20th centuries. Of particular interest is the antebellum political and Civil War military papers of the families; including letters written to General William Polk from prominent individuals discussing politics and other matters, and letters written by Confederate General Richard S. Ewell while a prisoner of war in 1865. Correspondents include Pierre G.T. Beauregard, John Bell, Montgomery Blair, George Washington Campbell, William Eastin, William H. Eaton, Benjamin S. Ewell, Thomas I. Green, Felix Grundy, Andrew Jackson, Andrew Johnson, Joseph E. Johnston, Abraham Lincoln, James Otey, James K. Polk, Leonidas Polk, John Randolph, Horatio Seymour, William T. Sherman, Martin Van Buren, Felix K. Zollicoffer, and others. Family members represented include Lizinka Campbell Brown Ewell, her son, George Campbell Brown, her daughter, Harriot Brown Turner, Percy Brown, Joseph Plunkett, James Dace Plunkett, Thomas Plunkett, and other family members.

ArchivalResource: 7 cubic ft.

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Papers, 1832-1970.

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White, Robert H. (Robert Hiram), 1883-1970. Papers, 1832-1970.

Title: Papers, 1832-1970.

Consists of the papers of Robert H. White, Tennessee's first state historian, author, former faculty member of Middle Tennessee State College, past president of the Tennessee Historical Society, and past vice chairman of the Tennessee Historical Commission.

ArchivalResource: 811 items + 3 v.

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Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958.

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Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958.

Title: Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958.

Autograph letters and documents of American political and military leaders collected by Frederick Myers Dearborn.

ArchivalResource: 28 boxes (14 linear ft.)

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Family papers, 1848-1902.

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Brownlow family. Family papers, 1848-1902.

Title: Family papers, 1848-1902.

Papers include political correspondence prior to the Civil War and letters relating to the publishing of the Knoxville Whig. The major protion of the correspondence relates to W.G. Brownlow's governorship. Some letters are from the time of his service in the U.S. Senate. Among the more prominent correspondents are Samuel Mayes Arnell, John Bell, Joseph E. Brown, Ambrose Burnside, Schuyler Colfax, Horace Maynard, Oliver Perry Temple, George Thomas. Within the John Bell Brownlow papers are various letters dealing with his political problem as a patronage employee in Washington. Notable correspondents within this section are William H. Carroll, Nathaniel G. Taylor, and William Gibbs MacAdoo. Within the correspondence of others are letters relating to the early days of the Civil War in East Tennessee and to Reconstruction in Tennessee. Within this section notable correspondents are John Morgan Bright, Wiliam B. Campbell, and Leonidas C. Houk.

ArchivalResource: 1 cubic ft.

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Papers of James Breckinridge, of Grove Hill, Fincastle, Botetourt Co., Va. [manuscript], 1783-1830.

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Breckinridge, James, 1763-1833. Papers of James Breckinridge, of Grove Hill, Fincastle, Botetourt Co., Va. [manuscript], 1783-1830.

Title: Papers of James Breckinridge, of Grove Hill, Fincastle, Botetourt Co., Va. [manuscript], 1783-1830.

The collection contains correspondence, legal papers, land grants, deed, militia orders, receipts, accounts and a photograph. Most of the correspondence centers around Breckinridge's legal career and his land speculations in Western Virginia and Kentucky. Other topics mentioned frequently are Virginia and United States politics, local elections, the War of 1812, the settlement of Kentucky and Tennessee, Indian wars, slavery and the Virginia militia. There are specific references to the formation of the Kentucky government, Congressional sessions, 1793-97, and 1805-1812, the Kentucky resolutions, 1798, trouble with squatters on Indian territory, and expeditions against the Indians, 1791 and 1813, collection of whiskey taxes, excises, the National Bank, internal improvements, and Burr's trial. Of interest are letters by James Madison on redistricting in Virginia, Andrew Jackson on James Wilkinson, John Marshall on internal improvements, Henry Clay on land sales, and Henry Lee on militia orders. The collection also contains a speech given in favor of Bell, 1860, a description of ironworks on Cripple Creek, Wythe Co., Va., rates charged by ordinary keepers, 1770, Mutual Assurance Society receipts, 1804-20, and a mutual stock holding venture to form a town, 1818. A few personal letters deal with Breckinridge's Catawba Mill, and the support of two illegitimate children.

ArchivalResource: 456 items.

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Herndon-Weik Collection of Lincolniana circa 1824-1933

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Herndon-Weik Collection of Lincolniana, circa 1824-1933

Title: Herndon-Weik Collection of Lincolniana circa 1824-1933

Collection composed of the papers of Abraham Lincoln, United States president, United States representative from Illinois, and lawyer; William Henry Herndon, Lincoln's law partner, collector, and biographer from Springfield, Illinois; and Jesse William Weik, lawyer of Greencastle, Indiana, and coauthor of Herndon Includes records (1933) of the Weik Manuscript Corporation and miscellaneous material collected chiefly by Herndon and Weik for use in writing Herndon's (1889). Lincoln. Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life

ArchivalResource: 4,600 items; 36 containers; 10 linear feet; 15 microfilm reels

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Joseph Cobham Noyes autograph letter signed to John Bell, 1841 Apr. 15.

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Noyes, Joseph Cobham, 1798-1868. Joseph Cobham Noyes autograph letter signed to John Bell, 1841 Apr. 15.

Title: Joseph Cobham Noyes autograph letter signed to John Bell, 1841 Apr. 15.

Autograph letter signed, written by Noyes at Eastport, Me., to John Bell, Secretary of War, Washington, D.C., applying for warrant as midshipman for Augustus Norton.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Letter : Bainbridge, Ga., to Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Ill., 1860 Nov. 13.

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Griffin, Len M. Letter : Bainbridge, Ga., to Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Ill., 1860 Nov. 13.

Title: Letter : Bainbridge, Ga., to Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Ill., 1860 Nov. 13.

Autograph letter signed. Signed by Len M. Griffin, Joseph Law, and Alex N. Murphy. Writers urge Abraham Lincoln to have his "Electoral friends throughout the Northern States, when they meet in the electoral college, cast their votes for John Bell of Tenn. and Edward Everett of Mass."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (4 p.)

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Bell, John, 1796-1869

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Letter to an unidentified recipient [manuscript] 1860 Oct. 27.

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Botts, John Minor, 1802-1869. Letter to an unidentified recipient [manuscript] 1860 Oct. 27.

Title: Letter to an unidentified recipient [manuscript] 1860 Oct. 27.

Botts writes to an unidentified resident of Maryland regarding politics; charges that he and Henry Winter Davis are making Lincoln speeches which none of Bell's friends have heard; and praise for Fillmore, who unlike Buchanan is not making political speeches.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Papers, 1848-1879.

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Overton, John Franklin. Papers, 1848-1879.

Title: Papers, 1848-1879.

Consists of letters to John F. Overton of Troup, Texas, from his brother, E.C. Overton of Columbia, Tennessee, 1858-1879; a letter from John F. Overton to James A. Potter of Columbia, 1857; a receipt given by the Confederate States of America to Frank Overton for bacon, 1863; and two slave bills of sale, 1848, involving purchases from Mumford Smith and David H. Stephens, both of Columbia, Tenn.

ArchivalResource: 19 items.

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Maidment, James.

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Maidment, James.
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Anderson, B. B.

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Anderson, B. B.
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Bell, John, 1796-1869

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Beall-Booth family.

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Beall-Booth family.
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Bell, John, 1796-1869

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Bell, J. E.

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Bell, J. E.
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Bell, John, 1796-1869

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Botts, John Minor, 1802-1869.

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Botts, John Minor, 1802-1869.
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Bell, John, 1796-1869

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Breckinridge, James, 1763-1833.

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Breckinridge, James, 1763-1833.
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Bell, John, 1796-1869

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Brownlow family.

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Brownlow family.
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Bell, John, 1796-1869

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Clemens, Jeremiah, 1814-1865.

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Clemens, Jeremiah, 1814-1865.
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Bell, John, 1796-1869

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Dearborn, Frederick M. (Frederick Myers), b. 1876

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Dearborn, Frederick M. (Frederick Myers), b. 1876
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Bell, John, 1796-1869

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Friends of Bell and Everett Association.

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Friends of Bell and Everett Association.
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Bell, John, 1796-1869

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Goodrich, Aaron, 1807-1887.

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Goodrich, Aaron, 1807-1887.
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Bell, John, 1796-1869

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Griffin, Len M.

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Griffin, Len M.
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Bell, John, 1796-1869

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Grundy, Felix, 1777-1840.

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Grundy, Felix, 1777-1840.
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Bell, John, 1796-1869

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Heiskell, Frederick Steidinger, 1786-1882.

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Heiskell, Frederick Steidinger, 1786-1882.
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Bell, John, 1796-1869

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Henry, Gustavus A. (Gustavus Adolphus), 1804-1880.

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Henry, Gustavus A. (Gustavus Adolphus), 1804-1880.
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Bell, John, 1796-1869

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Herndon, William Henry, 1818-1891

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Herndon, William Henry, 1818-1891
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Bell, John, 1796-1869

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Hickman, Edwin Litton, 1875-1956.

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Hickman, Edwin Litton, 1875-1956.
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Bell, John, 1796-1869

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Hitchcock, Ethan Allen, 1798-1870.

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Hitchcock, Ethan Allen, 1798-1870.
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Bell, John, 1796-1869

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Jacobs, John Williams, Collector.

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Jacobs, John Williams, Collector.
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Bell, John, 1796-1869

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
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Bell, John, 1796-1869

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
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Bell, John, 1796-1869

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Marshall family.

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Marshall family.
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Bell, John, 1796-1869

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McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896.

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McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896.
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Bell, John, 1796-1869

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Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company.

Target

Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company.
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Type

associatedWith

Descriptive Note

Bell, John, 1796-1869

correspondedWith

Noyes, Joseph Cobham, 1798-1868.

Target

Noyes, Joseph Cobham, 1798-1868.
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Type

correspondedWith

Descriptive Note

Bell, John, 1796-1869

associatedWith

Overton, John, 1766-1833.

Target

Overton, John, 1766-1833.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mw2hh2 View

Type

associatedWith

Descriptive Note

Bell, John, 1796-1869

associatedWith

Overton, John Franklin.

Target

Overton, John Franklin.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gt7z0p View

Type

associatedWith

Descriptive Note

Bell, John, 1796-1869

associatedWith

Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849.

Target

Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rn36cr View

Type

associatedWith

Descriptive Note

Bell, John, 1796-1869

associatedWith

Scott, Joseph F.

Target

Scott, Joseph F.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6377fc4 View

Type

associatedWith

Descriptive Note

Bell, John, 1796-1869

associatedWith

United States. War Dept.

Target

United States. War Dept.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mp8swh View

Type

associatedWith

Descriptive Note

Bell, John, 1796-1869

correspondedWith

Weik, Jesse William, 1857-1930

Target

Weik, Jesse William, 1857-1930
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rb7fj9 View

Type

correspondedWith

Descriptive Note

Bell, John, 1796-1869

associatedWith

White, Robert H. (Robert Hiram), 1883-1970.

Target

White, Robert H. (Robert Hiram), 1883-1970.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6js9pmg View

Type

associatedWith

Descriptive Note

Name Entries

Bell, John M., 1797-1869.

Shared

Bell, John, 1796-1869

Bell, John M., 1797-1869.

Bell, John, 1796-1869

United States

Mill Creek

Murfreesboro

Huntsville

Franklin

Stewart County

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