Casey, Martha De Bow. Collection, 1791-1933.
Title:
Collection, 1791-1933.
Primarily composed of a fragmented set of incoming business correspondence of James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow (1820-1867), his son, James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow (1861-1947), and the wife of the latter, Sarah Spence De Bow, collected by Martha De Bow Casey. 29 letters are addressed to J.D.B. De Bow, Sr. Among the senders are George Bancroft, Aaron V. Brown, W.G. Brownlow, James Buchanan, John C. Calhoun, Horace Greeley, C.G. Memminger, Joel R. Poinsett, Alexander H. Stephens, George Ticknor, William Henry Trescott, John Tyler, Jr., and Henry A. Wise. Subjects covered are De Bow's literary articles and journals, internal improvements in the South, the Louisiana Historical Society, census, and financial aid to the Confederacy. J.D.B. De Bow, Jr. is the recipient of 9 letters, the bulk of which are written by Tennessee governors Henry H. Horton, Austin Peay, A.H. Roberts, and A.A. Taylor. Various Tennessee topics are discussed. Mrs. Sarah Spence De Bow received 22 letters which are responses to her concern about the Methodist Episcopal Church, South becoming politicized and her support of Herbert Hoover in the presidential contest of 1928. Her correspondents include James A. Farley, Carter Glass, Kenneth McKellar, H.L. Mencken, J.J. Raskob, and Eleanor and Franklin D. Roosevelt. The balance of the correspondence consists of 15 letters apparently addressed to different individuals outside the De Bow family. Prominent among them are Thomas Hart Benton, Benjamin Harrison, Rutherford B. Hayes, J.D. Howard (Jesse James), William McKinley, Mary N. Murfree (Charles Egbert Craddock), John Randolph, John Tyler, and Martin Van Buren. The collection also includes an account of Benjamin Rush, 1791, and an affidavit signed by John Sevier, 1801.
ArchivalResource:
85 items.
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