Finis Ewing collection 1824-1841

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Finis Ewing collection 1824-1841

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Correspondence, certificates, and legal papers dealing with Ewing's personal and business life in Missouri. Some of the correspondence is from Thomas Hart Benton, Henry Clay, and Lilburn W. Boggs. The items relate to contemporary political issues both in Missouri and in the United States.

1 box; (0.5 linear ft.)

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L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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SNAC Resource ID: 6340624

L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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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...

Benton, Thomas Hart, 1782-1858

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Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858) was a Missouri Democrat who served as a senator from 1821 to 1851. He opposed both abolitionism and the extension of slavery into new territories, but was a staunch advocate of westward expansion of the United States. He died in 1858. From the guide to the Thomas Hart Benton letter, 1846 May 14, (J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah) Lawyer; Tennessee state senator, 1809-1811; aide-de-camp to Andrew Jackson; colonel of a regiment of ...

Cumberland Presbyterian Church

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Boggs, Lillburn W., 1792-1860

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Governor of Missouri. From the description of Letters received, 1840. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122322673 From the description of Lillburn Boggs address, 1838. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79451539 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Jefferson, Missouri, to J. M. Bullock, Secretary of State of Kentucky, 1837 Jun. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270521510 First Alcalde of the District of Sonoma, Territory of Upper Calif. Fr...

Bank of the United States (1816-1836)

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In 1816, the Bank of the United States was rechartered, the first charter having expired in 1811, in an attempt to stabilize the national currency. Within the first three years, the bank was nearly ruined due to mismanagement. Langdon Cheves was elected president of its board of directors in 1819 and restored the bank's credit. In 1822, he resigned the post and was succeeded by Nicholas Biddle. The national charter for the bank expired in 1836, but Biddle kept the bank in operation until 1841, u...

Ewing, Finis, 1773-1841

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Minister in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Missouri; co-founder of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1810. From the description of Finis Ewing papers, 1823-1841. (Tennessee State Library & Archives). WorldCat record id: 28600153 Founder of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. From the description of Papers, 1824-1841. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122462055 Founder of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Finis Ewing, founder of th...