Jacob Butler Varnum papers 1811-1888 1811-1833 Varnum, Jacob Butler papers

Varnum, Joseph Bradley, 1750 or 1751-1821

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Joseph Bradley Varnum (January 29, 1750/1751 – September 21, 1821) was a U.S. politician of the Democratic-Republican Party from Massachusetts. He served as a U.S. Representative and United States Senator, and held leadership positions in both bodies. Born in Dracut in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, Varnum was the son of farmer, militia officer and local official Samuel Varnum and Mary Prime. He received a limited formal education, but became a self-taught scholar. Varnum became a farmer,...

Biddle, John, 1792-1859.

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Forster, Thomas

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Epithet: General; Jacobite British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001345.0x0000f4 Epithet: Marshal of Berwick British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001345.0x00010a ...

Pleasonton, Stephen, -1855

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Public official. From the description of Letter of Stephen Pleasonton, 1823. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449384 Born in Delaware, in 1817 appointed Fifth Auditor in the Treasury Dept. and held that appointment until his death in 1855. From the description of Letter, March 24, 1823. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 53882391 ...

Kinzie, John H., Mrs., 1806-1870

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Dousman, Michael.

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Egerton, Robert C.

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Graham, George, ca. 1772-1830

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Adams, John R

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Smyth, Richard

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Epithet: of Carlton Rode, county Norfolk British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001304.0x000175 Epithet: Rector of Irton, 'dominus' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000759.0x00033a Epithet: apothecary British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/810...

Cutts, Richard, 1771-1857.

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Brown, William

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Epithet: of the War Office British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000410.0x000259 Epithet: of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000386.0x00016a Epithet: of Add MS 21057 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000704.0x00034c Epithet: of Sheerness ...

Bradley, Hezekiah, d. 1826

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Joy, James F. (James Frederick), 1810-1896

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James F. Joy was born in Durham, New Hampshire in December 1810. He was a teacher in a country school before entering Harvard Law School. Joy was an instructor of Latin at Dartmouth College. He came to Detroit in 1836 and was admitted to the Michigan Bar one year later. For many years, beginning in 1837, he was a law partner of George F. Porter, in the firm Joy & Porter. Joy presently became involved in banking matters, and, in about the 1840s, in railroad activities, which were to dominate ...

Trowbridge, C. C. (Charles Christopher), 1800-1883

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C.C. Trowbridge was born in Albany, New York on December 29, 1800. he entered business and came to Detroit in 1819. A year later he joined Governor Lewis Cass on his exploration of Lake Superior, becoming his private secretary. Trowbridge was secretary to the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan, 1821-1835. He was cashier of Bank of Michigan, 1825-1836; president of Michigan State Bank, 1844-1853; and was secretary and cashier before serving as president of the Oakland & Ottawa Rai...

Dias, Joseph Lopes.

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Wheeler, John, active 1601-1608

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In December 1858, John Wheeler, a native of New Hampshire, traveled to Albemarle County, Virginia, where he taught school between January and September 1859. He later wrote a lengthy reflective essay on his time there, noting differences between the residents and customs of Virginia and New England. From the guide to the John Wheeler journal and essays, Wheeler, John journal and essays, 1859, (William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan) Epithet: junior, of Bardon ...

McKenney, Thomas Loraine, 1785-1859

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Public official, editor, and publisher. From the description of Letter of Thomas Loraine McKenney, 1825. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454524 Thomas Loraine McKenney was Superintendent of the Indian Bureau. From the description of Sketches of a tour to the lakes, 1826. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122632847 Thomas Loraine McKenney, founder of the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, was the author, with James Ha...

Varnum, Joseph Bradley, Jr., 1785-1867.

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Irwin, Matthew

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Businessman and merchant, of Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of Journal of Matthew Irwin, 1769-1784. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79455572 ...

Peters, George P.

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Varnum, Jacob Butler, 1788-1874.

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Born in Dracutt, Mass., June 13,1788, son of Joseph B. Varnum; 1811 appointed agent of U.S. Trading House, Sandusky, 0., where he was befriended by The Crane and given name Wab-ache-chock. During War of 1812 Varnum returned to Mass. In 1815 was appointed factor at Chicago where he served until 1822. He was twice married: to Mary Ann Aiken at Mackinac in 1817; and to Catherine Dodemead in Detroit in 1819. From Chicago Varnum went to Washington, and in 1828 to Petersburg, Va., where he remained un...

Mason, John, 1766-1849

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