Nathaniel Pendleton Papers 1767-1867

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Nathaniel Pendleton Papers 1767-1867

Correspondence, legal, financial, and real estate material of Nathaniel Pendleton. The collection also includes correspondence and papers of his son, Edmund Henry Pendleton, and father-in-law, Dr. John Bard, as well as material relating to Pendleton's role as Alexander Hamilton's second in his duel with Aaron Burr.

0.65 Linear feet; (2 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6330672

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Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804

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Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 or 1757 – July 12, 1804) was an American revolutionary, statesman and Founding Father of the United States. Hamilton was an influential interpreter and promoter of the U.S. Constitution, the founder of the Federalist Party, as well as a founder of the nation's financial system, the United States Coast Guard, and the New York Post newspaper. As the first secretary of the treasury, Hamilton was the main author of the economic policies of the administration of P...

Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803

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Edmund Pendleton (September 9, 1721 – October 23, 1803) was a Virginia planter, politician, lawyer and judge, and a Founding Father of the United States. He served in the Virginia legislature before and during the American Revolutionary War, rising to the position of Speaker. Pendleton attended the First Continental Congress as one of Virginia's delegates alongside George Washington and Patrick Henry, signed the Continental Association, and led the conventions both wherein Virginia declared inde...

Clay, Henry, 1777-1852

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Henry Clay Sr. (April 12, 1777 – June 29, 1852) was an American attorney and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the Senate and House. He was the seventh House speaker and the ninth secretary of state. He received electoral votes for president in the 1824, 1832, and 1844 presidential elections. He also helped found both the National Republican Party and the Whig Party. For his role in defusing sectional crises, he earned the appellation of the "Great Compromiser" and was part of the "Grea...

Gaines, Edmund Pendleton, 1777-1849

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Soldier, U.S. Army; served in War of 1812, Black Hawk War, Florida War and Mexican War; commanded Western Department and later Eastern Department; at odds with War Department over frontier defense during most of his career. From the description of Letter : Sand Hills near Augusta, Ga., 1825 Sept. 30. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 31023735 U.S. Army general. From the description of Papers, 1815-1857. (Duke University Library). WorldCa...

Ray, Paul

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Greene, Catherine Littlefield

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Bard, John, 1716-1799

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Physician Joseph Carson taught medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The College of Philadelphia's Medical School, founded in 1765, became known as the University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Medicine In 1779. From the guide to the Joseph Carson letters, 1789-1858, 1789-1858, (American Philosophical Society) ...

Van Ness, William Peter, 1778-1826

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Politician and jurist; born in Claverack, Columbia County, New York, later a resident of New York City. From the description of William Peter Van Ness papers, 1800-1825. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 58780319 Jurist and defender of Aaron Burr. From the description of Letter, 1805. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36050519 ...

Hamilton, Elizabeth, 1756?-1816

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Scottish author. From the description of Letter, l804, Dec. 21 : Edingurgh, Scot., to John Robinson. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 23371588 Elizabeth Hamilton, British novelist and essayist. Born in Ireland to Scottish parents, she lived many years in England, finally settling in Scotland. In two of her books, the satirical novels Translations of the Letters of a Hindoo Rajah (1796) and Memoirs of Modern Philosophers (1800), she mocks the philosopher and nov...

Pendleton family

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Varaigne, Mary Jauncey de

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Mc Intyre, Arch'd (Archibald), 1772-1858

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Pendleton, Edmund Henry, 1788-1862

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Johnson, William, 1771-1834

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Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court, 1803-1834; native of Charleston, S.C.; member, South Carolina House of Representatives, 1794- 1798; Speaker, 1798; Judge, South Carolina Court of Common Pleas, 1798- 1804. From the description of William Johnson papers, 1806-1822. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 30846616 Johnson served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1804-1834. From the description of Correspondence of Will...