Lewis Walker letter books 1813-1880 1813-1815 Walker, Lewis letter books

Erskine, Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron, 1750-1823

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Thomas Erskine, first Baron Erskine, British lord chancellor. From the guide to the Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine manuscript material : 2 items, ca. 1820's-1823, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Erskine won fame for his defence work in many of the show trials of the 1790's and was considered England's greatest practicing advocate in libel and adultery litigation. From the description of Correspondence...

Johnson, Richard M. (Richard Mentor), 1780-1850

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Richard Mentor Johnson (October 17, 1780 – November 19, 1850) was a politician and the ninth vice president of the United States from 1837 to 1841. He is the only vice president elected by the United States Senate under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment. Johnson also represented Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate; he began and ended his political career in the Kentucky House of Representatives. Johnson was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1806 in the...

Hubley, Edward B. (Edward Burd), 1792-1856

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Edward Burd Hubley was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. served in the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania. On November 8, 1842, he was elected as a commissioner to settle claims under the 1835 treaty with the Cherokee Indians. From the description of Edward B. Hubley letter, 1843. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 84841516 ...

Pike, Zebulon Montgomery, 1779-1813

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Army officer and explorer. From the description of Papers of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, 1805-1806. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71070072 Zebulon Montgomery Pike was a soldier and explorer of the Louisiana Purchase. From the description of Journal of a voyage to the source of the Mississippi in the years 1805 and 1806, 1805 August 9-1806 April 30. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122473970 Explorer and U.S. Army officer. ...

Washington, George, 1732-1799

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George Washington (b. Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Va.-d. Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, VA) was the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Washington came from a family of farmers and landowners. He had little education but showed an aptitude for mathematics. He used this talent to become a surveyor. At 15, Washington took a job as assistant surveyor on a team sent to map the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia. In his early 20s, Washington joined the Virgin...

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Walker, Lewis, ca. 1770-1840

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Lewis Walker (ca. 1770-1840) was born in Pennsylvania to Thomas Walker and Anna Hockley. In 1798, Walker married Sarah Yeats Hubley (ca. 1777-ca. 1841), daughter of Jacob Hubley and Margaret Burd, in Pine, Pennsylvania. They had three children: Margaret Hubley, Thomas Hubley, and Lewis Leonard. By 1813, Walker had moved to Catoctin Furnace, Maryland, where he stayed until at least 1815. Walker died in York, Pennsylvania, in 1840 and his wife died a year later in Germantown, Pennsylvania. ...