Lucius Lyon papers (1770-1934, bulk 1833-1851)

United States. Congress. House

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U.S. House of Representatives is the lower house of Congress. From the guide to the Subscription lists, 1870, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) The first session of the Congress of the United States, under a resolution passed by the Congress of the Confederation, on September 13, 1788, was called to meet in New York City on March 4, 1789. On the appointed day only 13 Members of the House were present and, as this number did not constitute a quorum, the sessions...

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

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John Quincy Adams (b. July 11, 1767, Braintree, Massachusetts-d. February 23, 1848, Washington, D.C.) was an American statesman who served as a diplomat, United States Senator, member of the House of Representatives, and the sixth President of the United States. He was a member of the Federalist, Democratic-Republican, National Republican, and later the Anti-Masonic and Whig parties. He was the son of President John Adams and Abigail Adams. As a diplomat, Adams played an important role in neg...

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852

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Daniel Webster (January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress and served as the U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, and Millard Fillmore. As one of the most prominent American lawyers of the 19th century, he argued over 200 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court between 1814 and his death in 1852. During his life, he was a member of the Federalist Party, the Nati...

Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866

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Lewis Cass (October 9, 1782 – June 17, 1866) was an American military officer, politician, and statesman. He represented Michigan in the United States Senate and served in the Cabinets of two U.S. Presidents, Andrew Jackson and James Buchanan. He was also the 1848 Democratic presidential nominee and a leading spokesman for the Doctrine of Popular Sovereignty, which held that the people in each territory should decide whether to permit slavery. Born in Exeter, New Hampshire, he attended Philli...

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...

Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850

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John Caldwell Calhoun (March 18, 1782 – March 31, 1850) was an American statesman and political theorist from South Carolina who served as the seventh vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832. He is remembered for strongly defending slavery and for advancing the concept of minority states' rights in politics. He did this in the context of protecting the interests of the white South when its residents were outnumbered by Northerners. He began his political career as a nationalist, mo...

Black Hawk, approximately 1832-approximately 1890

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Bates, George C., -1886

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Houghton, Douglass, 1809-1845

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The Michigan Geological Survey was created by Public Act 20 of 1837. Its purpose was to conduct a geological and mineralogical survey of the state. The state legislature appointed Douglass Houghton the first state geologist (1837). In 1921, the state legislature established the Department of Conservation, and the Michigan Geological Survey became part of that department (Public Act 17 of 1921). The Department of Conservation established the Geological Survey Division circa 1947. In 1968, the dep...

Michigan. Constitutional Convention (1835)

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Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874

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Millard Fillmore was born in Cayuga County, N.Y. and later became a resident of East Aurora and Buffalo. He was a lawyer, local office holder, State Assemblyman, U.S. Congressman, N.Y. State Comptroller, Vice-President under Zachary Taylor and 13th U.S. President, 1850-1853. He was also involved in establishing numerous Buffalo institutions. He was a founder and first Chancellor of the University of Buffalo, Commander of the Union Continentals (Home Guard) during Civil War, and first president o...

Marcy, William L. (William Learned), 1786-1857

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New York attorney and statesman; served as United States Secretary of State under President Pierce. From the description of William Learned Marcy letter, 1857 Mar. 15. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 255631874 Senator, Governor of New York, 1833-39. From the description of Letter 1834 March 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122617820 Secretary of War under Polk. Secretary of State under Pierce. From the description of Autog...

Doty, James Duane, 1799-1865

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James Duane Doty (1799-1865) was a lawyer, judge, and government official. He represented Wisconsin in Congress between 1838 and 1841, and again between 1849 and 1853. He was governor of Wisconsin Territory between 1841 and 1844, and served as the governor of Utah Territory between 1863 and 1865. From the description of James Duane Doty letter, 1861 November 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367719059 From the guide to the James Duane Doty letter, 1861 November 22, (L. Tom ...

Parker, James, 1776-1868

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U.S. representative, business executive, philanthropist, and president of New Jersey Historical Society, of Perth Amboy, N.J. From the description of James and Cortlandt Parker daybook, 1867-1873. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70954947 ...

Butler, Charles, 1802-1897

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Charles Butler was a New York lawyer whose activities included New York politics; anti-Masonry; western state bond issues and speculation; New York Life Insurance and Trust Company loans; canal, road and railroad construction; and philanthropy. From the description of Charles Butler Papers, 1817-1908. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58788229 Entrepreneur, lawyer, and philanthropist. From the description of Charles Butler papers, 1819-1...

Forsyth, John, 1780-1841

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John Forsyth (1780-1841) was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, on October 22. He graduated from Princeton in 1799 and was admitted to the bar in 1802. In 1808, Forsyth became the Attorney-General of Georgia. He was elected governor of Georgia in 1828. He married Clara Meigs, daughter of Josiah Meigs, who was the first president of Franklin College (later named the University of Georgia). Forsyth died on October 21, 1841. From the description of John Forsyth papers, 1811-1841. (Georgi...

Grimké, Thomas Smith, 1786-1834

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Grimké served many benevolent causes and specifically peace. Brother of abolitionists Sarah and Angelina Grimké, Thomas Smith Grimké was a jurist and a writer. From the description of ALS, 1825 November, South Carolina to William McDowall Tart. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 44929911 Born in Charleston, South Carolina; practiced law and served as a state senator 1826-1830; championed temperance and world peace and supported a religious, utilitarian educa...

Chase, Philander, 1775-1852

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Philander Chase, Episcopal Bishop, first Bishop of Ohio, later Bishop of Illinois, and founder of Kenyon College in Ohio and Jubilee College in Illinois. From the description of Plea for Western Colleges and Theological Seminaries : New York : holograph, 1845 Nov. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702138736 First Episcopal Bishop of Ohio (1819-1831) and later Bishop of Illinois (1835-1852) and Presiding Bishop (1843-1852). From the description of Philander Chase pap...

Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862

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Martin Van Buren (b. Kinderhook, New York, December 5, 1782-d. July 24, 1862, Kinderhook, New York), studied law, was admitted to bar, New York, 1803; moved to Huson surrogate of Columbia Co.; member of State Senate, 1813-1820; attorney general of New York, 1815-1819; delegate to state constitutional convention, 1821; U.S. Senate Democrat, March 4, 1821-1828; Governor of New York, 1828-1829; U.s. Secretary of State, March 12, 1829 - August 1, 1831; Vice President, 1832; President, 1836-1840....

Elmer, Lucius Q. C. (Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus), 1793-1883

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Lawyer, judge, delegate to Continental Congress, and U.S. senator, of Bridgeton, N.J. From the description of Diary, 1810-1814. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 28408644 ...

Felch, Alpheus, 1804-1896

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Resident of Houlton, Maine, later Monroe and Ann Arbor, Michigan; Michigan state supreme court justice, 1842-1845, Democratic governor, 1846-1847, and United States senator, 1847-1853. From the description of Alpheus Felch papers, 1817-1896. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419272 Lawyer, Governor of Michigan, and U. S. Senator from Michigan. Born in Limerick, Me., Sept. 28, 1804; graduated from Bowdoin,1827; studied law, was admitted ...

Mapes, James J. (James Jay), 1806-1866

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Father of Mary Mapes Dodge. From the description of Letters : New York, to John Sartain, 1858 Oct. 30 and Nov. 2. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28489350 ...

Wickliffe, C. A. (Charles Anderson), 1788-1869

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Charles Anderson Wickliffe was born near Springfield, Kentucky, June 8, 1788. During the War of 1812, Wickliffe served as a private but was eventually promoted to aide-de-camp to Gen. Samuel Caldwell. He served as soldier and officer at the Battle of the Thames where an army of Kentuckians under congressman Richard M. Johnson defeated British and Indian forces and where the great Indian leader, Tecumseh, was killed. Wickliffe became commonwealth's attorney, state representative, and U.S. represe...

Bush, George, 1796-1859

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George Bush was a prominent mid-century biblical scholar, preacher and controversialist. After graduation from Dartmouth in 1818 and study at Princeton Theological Seminary, Bush was ordained at the Salem (Indiana) Presbytery in 1825, and was appointed pastor in Indianapolis. His religious views, described as 'liberal' or 'progressive,' rapidly came into conflict with those of his more conservative parishioners and in 1828, this conflict resulted in his termination. From...

Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1795-1858

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American lawyer and politician; Attorney General. From the description of Letter signed : New York, to A.J. Bleecker, 1840 July 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270132632 American lawyer and politician; Atty. General. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to C.H. Waddell, 1840 July 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270131665 From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to William L. Marcy, Secretary of War, 1845 Ma...

Lewis, Winslow, 1770-1850

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Winslow Lewis (1770–1850) was a sea captain, engineer, inventor and contractor active in the construction of many American lighthouses during the first half of the nineteenth century....

Bridge, Henry P., 1808-1884

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Michigan State Senator, 1840-1841. From the description of Henry P. Bridge memorial resolutions, 1884. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 318788735 ...

Baird, Henry S. (Henry Samuel), 1800-1875

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Lawyer from Greenbay, Wisconsin who was active in territorial politics and Indian affairs. From the description of Henry Baird letters from Belmont 1836. (State Historical Society of Iowa, Library). WorldCat record id: 72839386 Born in Dublin, Ireland, May 16, 1800 ; came with his parents to U.S., 1805 ; studied law at Pittsburgh and Cleveland, Ohio ; settled at Mackinaw, Mich., 1822 ; was admitted to the bar, 1823 ; moved to Green Bay, Wis., 1824 ; served as quartermaster-g...

Thayer, George W.

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Senator and government surveyor Lucius Lyon (1800-1851) was born in Shelburne, Vermont. He trained as a civil engineer, and in 1821 moved to Bronson, Michigan, to survey public lands in what is now Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin. The 1833 Territorial Democratic Convention elected Lyon its non-voting representative in the United States Congress, and he served in the state constitutional convention in 1835. Michigan elected him their first United States senator, an office he held f...

Hobbie, Selah Reeve, 1797-1854

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U.S. representative from and public official of New York and army officer. From the description of Letter of Selah Reeve Hobbie, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450928 Lawyer, Delhi, New York; U.S. representative from New York, 1827- 1829; assistant U.S. postmaster general, 1829-1851. From the description of Letter : [Washington, D.C.], to Stephen S. Phelps, Yellow Banks, Ill., 1836 Aug. 5. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 338...

Littlejohn, Flavius J. (Flavius Josephus), 1804-1880

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Lawyer, state representative and senator and circuit court judge from Allegan, Michigan. From the description of Flavius J. Littlejohn papers, [ca. 1862-ca. 1875]. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420433 ...

Martin, M. L. (Morgan Lewis), 1805-1887

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Hall, Frederick, 1780-1843

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Beeson, Jacob, 1807-1885

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Hubbard, Bela, 1814-1896

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Born in Hamilton, New York on April 23, 1814, Bela Hubbard was the son of Thomas H. Hubbard. He came to Detroit in 1835. Bela Hubbard married Sarah E. Baughman of Adrian, Michigan on March 2, 1848. After his admission to the Michigan Bar in 1842, Hubbard practiced law for a time with Charles Collins, but he soon gave up the law to devote his time to real estate. Hubbard was selected as assistant geologist of Michigan by Douglass Houghton when the geological survey of Michigan was reorganized, 18...

Parker, Daniel, 1782-1846

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Daniel Parker (b. January 29, 1782, Shirley, MA-d. April 5, 1846, Washington, DC) was a army gnereal and chief clerk in the War Departmnet....

Clark, Samuel, 1810-1875

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Rathbun, G. (George), 1803-1870

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Fish, Hamilton, 1808-1893

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American statesman; Secretary of State. From the description of Letter signed : Washington, to Thomas J. Durant, 1870 Oct. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270538114 From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to F.B. Schell, 1890 Jan. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270526181 American statesman and diplomat. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, D.C., to William B. Snell, Esq., (18)76 Dec. 19. (Unknown). World...

Lansing, Gerrit Yates, 1783-1862

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Politician, lawyer, banker. Lansing was born in Albany, N.Y. and graduated from Union College in Schenectady, N.Y. in 1800. He was admitted to the New York State bar in 1804. He served as a clerk in the New York State Assembly, as a judge in the court of probates, as a regent of the State University of New York and as chancellor of the State University of New York. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York State and was president of the Albany Savings Bank. Lansing died ...

Thompson, Alexander Ramsay, 1793-1837

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Brown, Solyman, 1790-1876

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Poet, teacher, clergyman and dentist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Fitz-Greene Halleck, 1837 May 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270903148 ...

Pitcher, Zina, 1797-1872

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Professor in the Medical School of the University of Michigan. From the description of Zina Pitcher papers, 1829-1880. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418673 U.S. Army surgeon, and Detroit resident for many years. Born Apr.14, 1797, in Washirgtcn Co., N.Y., the son of - Nathaniel and Margaret (Stevenson) Pitcher. Received a sound education in the local schools, studied medicine with neighboring physicians, and took a medical degree at...

Lee, Gideon, 1778-1841

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Mayor of New York City. Active in national politics as well. From the description of Papers, 1804-1868. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122486965 ...

Clark, Robert, 1777-1837

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Catlin, George Smith, 1808-1851

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Penrose, Charles Bingham, 1798-1857

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Pennsylvania government official. From the description of ALS : to M. S. Murphy, 1841 July 17. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 86138983 Charles Penrose was a Carlisle, Pa. lawyer active in politics. From the description of Legal case book, 1844-1857. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 86165633 ...

Stuart, C. E. (Charles Edward), 1810-1887

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Epithet: brother of John Sobieski Stuart British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000571.0x0001a1 Epithet: self-styled Count of Albany British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000571.0x0001a0 Kalamazoo, Michigan, lawyer and U.S. Senator. From the description of Charles Edward Stuart correspondence, 1880. (University of Michigan). Wo...

Dodge, Augustus C. (Augustus Caesar), 1812-1883

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Prominent politician of the Democratic Party during Iowa's early days as a state. Dodge was a supporter of the Homestead Bill, Compromise Bill of 1850, anti-slavery legislation, and temperance. He served 3 terms as a congressional representative (1840-1846) before becoming one of Iowa's first 2 senators. In 1839 he was appointed by Governor Lucas to be the brigadier-general of the Second Brigade of the First Division of the militia of the Iowa territory. In 1838 Dodge was appointed Register of t...

Lyon, Lucius, 1800-1851

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U.S. senator and representative of Michigan and surveyor. From the description of Letters of Lucius Lyon, 1833-1836. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454137 Surveyor, congressman, U.S. Senator. From the description of Lucius Lyon letters, 1830, 1831 and 1834. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420826 Lyon (1800-1851) came to Detroit from Vt. in 1822 and was appointed Surveyor General Deputy in the territory northwest of the Ohio. He served i...

Medill, William, 1802-1865

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Lawyer, U.S. representative and governor of Ohio, and U.S. government official. From the description of William Medill papers, 1834-1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980164 ...

Cramer, John, 1779-1870

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Johnson, Edwin Ferry, 1803-1872

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Civil engineer, who was in charge of land surveys for the Erie Canal, 1829, the Champlain Canal, 1830-1831, and the Morris Canal, 1831. Shortly thereafter, he made his first active connection with railroad as assistant engineer in charge of Catskill? and of four canals including the Ontario & Hudson Ship Canal. From the description of The Niagara Problem: Manuscript, 1833. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122641216 ...

United States. Congress. Senate

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Brown, Ethan Allen, 1776-1852

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American jurist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cincinnati, to Hon. Smith Thompson Secretary of the Navy, 1822 May 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270903054 Ethan Allen Brown, lawyer and statesman, served as governor of Ohio, 1818-1822, and in the United States Senate, 1822-1825. Philip Van Cortlandt served as an officer in the American Revolution and as a Representative from New York in the United States Congress, 1793-1809. From the descri...

Stuart, Robert, 1785-1848

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Stuart left Scotland at the age of 22 and was employed by the North West Fur Company and became a partner in Astor's Pacific Fur Company. He sailed from New York for the Columbia in 1810 on the Tonquin and traveled back in 1812-1813. He headed the upper Lake region of the American Fur Company, with headquarters at Micilimackinac, Michigan Territory (later known as Mackinac Island). He became active in community affairs and served as judge of the county court in 1825. In 1835 he moved to Detroit....

Democratic Party (Mich.)

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The Democratic Party of Michigan is a non-profit organization affiliated with the Democratic National Committee, and its State Chairman is a member of the Association of State Democratic chairs. The group is dedicated to supporting Democratic candidates for public office in the state of Michigan, promoting the party in Michigan, and fielding the concerns of Michigan citizens as part of their effort to affect legislative change. Although the Democratic Party State Central...

Bockee, Abraham, 1784-1865

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Drake, Daniel, 1785-1852

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Scientist and physician; founder of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. From the description of Daniel Drake letter to Charles D. Meigs [manuscript], 1847 June 19. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 505834256 Biographical note: Daniel Drake received his early medical training in Cincinnati, Ohio as an apprentice of Dr. William Goforth and engaged in practice in that city. After studying medicine formally at the University of Pennsylvania (1805, 1816)...

McCarty, William Mason, approximately 1789-1863

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Locke, John, 1792-1856

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Epithet: merchant, of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000569.0x00017c Epithet: of Stowe MS 748 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000569.0x000180 Epithet: MA British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000569.0x00017b Epithet: author of 'Ireland's Re...

United States. Surveyor General

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Federal land surveys in Illinois were authorized by Congressional act (March 26, 1804), when the U. S. Surveyor General was given jurisdiction over all public land north of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi Rivers. Surveys began in the western Vincennes Tract (1804) and southern Illinois (1806), then proceeded northward; covering all but most northern Illinois by 1831. When the Illinois surveys began, the Surveyor General was an independent officer under the President's direct su...

Barry, William T. (William Taylor), 1785-1835

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Kentucky lawyer, state legislator, lieutenant governor, judge, U.S. congressman and senator, and postmaster general. From the description of William Taylor Barry : papers, 1798-1835. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 46719672 U.S. senator and representative from Kentucky, U.S. postmaster general, jurist, and diplomat. From the description of William T. Barry correspondence, 1832. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450159 Washington, D.C...

Lyon, Lucretia, 1807-1893.

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Cass, George Washington, 1810-1888

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Morell, George, 1786-1845

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Born in Lenox, Massachusetts, March 22, 1786; graduated at Williams College, admitted to bar and was an able lawyer at Cooperstown, New York; appointed by President Jackson as a Supreme Court judge of the Michigan Territory, 1832; retired from the bench in 1844; died in Detroit, Mich, March 8, 1845. (from Ross. "Early Bench and Bar") (blue index cards) From the description of George Morell journal, 1811-1818. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 320521251 ...

Risdon, Orange, 1786-1876

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Moore, Hiram

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Burt, William Austin, 1792-1858

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Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, June 13, 1792; received a good education; was for some time an engineer in Erie, New York; came to Michigan, 1822; member of territorial council, 1826-27; settled in Washtenaw County, 1824; engaged in mill-building and local surveying, 1824-33; County surveyor, Macomb Co., 1831-34; Postmaster of Mt. Vernon for 24 years; invented solar compass; surveyed Upper Peninsula 1840-27; discovered 20 beds of iron ore, 1844-46; representative from Macomb County, 1853-1843;...

Paulding, James Kirke, 1778-1860

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Author and naval officer. A close friend of Washington Irving, Paulding collaborated with him to produce the satirical periodical, Salmagundi. He also wrote poetry, fiction, and a popular biography of George Washington. President Martin Van Buren appointed Paulding Secretary of the Navy in 1839, in which post he served until 1841. From the description of [Letter] 1839 May 7, Navy Department [Washington, D.C., to] Gilbert Davis, New York. (University of South Florida). WorldCat record...

Lawson, Thomas, 1781?-1861

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Surgeon and army officer. From the description of Papers of Thomas Lawson, 1811-1860. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71015056 ...

McLean, John, 1785-1861

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U.S. Supreme Court justice. From the description of Signature, [not after 1861 April 4]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22601579 McLean practiced law in Lebanon, Ohio (from 1807), and served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1813-1816), U.S. Postmaster General (1823-1829), and an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1829-1861). From the description of Letters, 1826, 1828. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234339336 ...

McNeil, John, 1784-1850

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Army officer; brother-in-law of U.S. president Franklin Pierce; b. in Hillsborough, N.H.; d. Washington, D.C. From the description of Papers, 1810-1858. (New Hampshire Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70963820 Born in Hillsborough, N.H. in 1784, Comm. Capt. 11th Infantry March 12, 1813. Brev. Lt. Col. for victory at battle of Chippewa, July 5, 1814. Brev. Big. Gen. and was Made Col. of 1st Inf. Aug. 28, 1826. Resigned April 23, 1830 to become surveyor of the ...

Hall, Hiland, 1795-1885

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U.S. Representative from Vermont (1833-1843), lawyer in Bennington, Vt., member of state legislature, state's attorney, state bank commissioner, Superior Court judge, U.S. Land Commissioner for California, governor of Vermont (1858-1860), and historian; Whig; died in Springfield, Mass. From the description of Hiland Hall papers, 1786-1885 (bulk 1832-1881). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 671251777 ...

Ransom, Epaphroditus, 1799-1859

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Ransom was born in Mass. in Feb. 1797. Raised in Vt., he graduated from law school at Northampton (Mass.) in 1823. In 1834 he moved to Mich., practicing law in Bronson (Kalamazoo County, Mich.). He was appointed Judge of the 2nd Judicial Circuit and Assoc. Justice of the Mich. Supreme Court in 1836. He served as Governor of Mich., 1848-1850; Justice of the Mich. Supreme Court, 1836-1847, including Chief Justice, 1843-1847; as a member of the Board of Regents of the University of Mich., 1850-1852...

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...

Croswell, Edwin, 1797-1871

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Editor and journalist. From the description of Edwin Croswell correspondence, 1831. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450240 ...

Comstock, O. C. (Oliver Cromwell), 1780-1860

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Hagner, Peter, 1772-1850

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Official in War Department accounting office; Third Auditor of the U.S. Treasury, 1817-1849. From the description of Letter : Department of War, to Robert Brent, Washington, 1815 June 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22478544 Peter Hagner (1772-1850), native of Pennsylvania, known as the watchdog of the Treasury, was a clerk in the accounting office of the United States War Department, 1793-1817, and third auditor of the United States Treasury, 1817-1849. His granddaughter...

McKeon, John, 1808-1883

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U.S. representative from New York and lawyer. From the description of Letters of John McKeon, 1854-1855. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454527 John McKeon (1808-1883) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He graduated from Columbia College in 1828 and practiced law in New York City. He served two terms in Congress (1835-1837 and 1841-1843) and several years as United States district attorney, first for the southern district of New York (1854-1858) and then f...

Cambreleng, Churchill Caldom, 1786-1862

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U.S. Congressman and chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. From the description of Letters, 1832-1835. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36854533 American Congressman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to Professor Hassler, 1837 Feb. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270134336 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to Doctor Richard Pennell in New York, 1837 Dec. 7. (Unknown). World...

Croghan, George, 1791-1849

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George Croghan (1791-1849) was an Army officer who served in Ohio in the War of 1812. Later he was an inspector-general in the U.S. Army, postmaster general in New Orleans and then served during the War with Mexico. From the description of George Croghan papers, 1811-1848. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122576128 From the guide to the George Croghan papers, 1811-1848, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) George Croghan wa...

Blake, Thomas H. (Thomas Holdsworth), 1792-1849

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Thomas Holdsworth Blake was an attorney, U.S. congressman from Indiana, and Commissioner of the General Land Office. Blake was born in Maryland and studied law in Washington, D.C. where he was a member of the District of Columbia militia. During the War of 1812, his unit fought at the Battle of Bladensburg in 1814. After the war, he moved to Kentucky and subsequently to Terre Haut, Indiana where he practiced law and was a circuit judge. Blake was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1...

Mullett, John, 1786-1862

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John Mullett and his son, James H. Mullett, were government surveyors in Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Arkansas. Born in Halifax, Vt., July 11, 1786; moved with father's family to Genesee Co., N.Y., ca. 1806; went to Buffalo, engaged in tailoring; moved with his family to Detroit, 1820; was appointed surveyor of government lands for aprox. 30 years, surveying large portions of Mich., Ill. and Indiana; one of founders of Detroit (Masonic ) Lodge) 1821; Grand ...

Owen, Robert Dale, 1801-1877

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Politician, reformer, and author Robert Dale Owen was born in Scotland; influenced by his father, he developed a strong interest in social reform. He moved to New Harmony, Indiana, where he joined the socialist community his father founded there, and he was active as an educator, editor, and author, including the first birth control pamphlet published in America. He next became active in politics, serving in the Indiana House of Representatives and later in the United States House, wh...

Clayton, John M. (John Middleton), 1796-1856

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Farmer, lawyer, and statesman. From the description of John M. Clayton papers, 1798-1868 (bulk 1819-1850). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980031 Clayton served as U.S. Secretary of State, 1849-1850. From the description of ALS, 1850 June 15 : Department of State, Washington, to John Charles Fremont. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 15531096 Politician Clayton, who was born in Delaware, served in the U.S. ...

Ellsworth, Henry Leavitt, 1791-1858

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Henry Leavitt Ellsworth graduated from Yale in 1810. He studied law at Litchfield Law School, and in 1832 he was appointed Commissioner of Indian tribes in Arkansas and Oklahoma. In 1835, Ellsworth was elected mayor of Hartford, Connecticut, but only served one month. In 1835, he was appointed U.S. Commissioner of Patents, remaining until 1845. Following this, Ellsworth settled in Lafayette, Indiana, acting as an agent for purchase and settlement of public land. From the description ...

Tenskwatawa, Shawnee Prophet

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Macomb, Alexander, 1782-1841

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Army officer. From the description of Letter of Alexander Macomb, 1831. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454178 Alexander Macomb was the commanding general of the U.S. Army from 1828 to 1841. He was the son of merchant Alexander Macomb (1748-1831) of Detroit and New York City. From the description of Alexander Macomb letters, 1813. (New-York Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 713567317 American soldier. From the description of A...

Lowrie, Walter, 1784-1868

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State legislator and U.S. senator, of Pennsylvania; secretary of the Senate; and corresponding secretary of Board of Foreign Missions, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. From the description of Papers, 1839-1871. (Presbyterian Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122516035 U.S. senator of Pennsylvania and businessman. From the description of Papers of Walter Lowrie, 1827-1839. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71015087 ...

Hubbard, Henry, 1784-1857

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Epithet: Reverend; MA British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000866.0x0002ad Epithet: BD, of Emmanuel College, Cambridge; Lady Margaret Preacher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000866.0x0002ac Edward Collingwood was born in Chirton, Northumberland. He was educated at Houghton-le-Spring, and entered Emmanuel College, Camb...

Morris, Charles, 1784-1856

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Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869

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Franklin Pierce (1804-1869) was the 14th President of the United States (1853-1857). Prior to his presidency he served in both the House of Representatives (1833-1837) and the Senate (1837-1842) as a legislator from New Hampshire. Although a Northerner, he sympathized with the Southern cause during the American Civil War and was good friends with Jefferson Davis....

Foote, Luman, 1794-1876

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McClelland, Robert, 1807-1880

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Robert McClelland was a Michigan congressmen and governor. He was born in Greencastle, Pennsylvania on August 1, 1807, and graduated from Dickinson College, Carlistle, Pennsylvania in 1829. He worked as a teacher before his admission to the Pennsylvania bar in 1831. McClelland moved to Monroe, Michigan two years later, becoming delegate in the state constitution convention in 1835. Robert McClelland served as Governor of Michigan, 1851-1853 and Secretary of the Interior, 1853-1857. He died in De...

Biddle, John, 1789-1859

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Son of Charles and Hannah (Shepard) Biddle, born in Philadelphia, Mar. 2, 1796; died in White Sulphur Springs, Va., Aug. 25, 1859. He married Eliza F. Bradish and they had four children. Biddle attended Princeton College; enlisted 2 lieutenant, 3 Art., July 6, 1812; 1 lieutenant, Mar. 13, 1813; captain 42 Inf., Oct. 1, 1813; asst. insp. general with rank of major, June 19, 1817-June 1, 1821; paymaster and Indian agent, Green Bay, Wis., 1821-22; register of Detroit land office, 1823-37; mayor of ...

Noble, Charles, 1797-1874

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Born in Williamstown, Mass., July 4,1797; was graduated from Williams College, 1815; studied law with his uncle, David Noble, and was admitted to bar,1818; practiced in Monroe, Mich.,1818-67; was member of Legislative Council; justice of the peace; district attorney; register of probate; lawyer-general of the U. S. for district northwest of Ohio River. He was a purchaser and first president of Michigan Southern Railroad. In 1867 he moved to Detroit and became partner of real estate firm,George S...

Loyall, George, 1789-1868

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Lothrop, G. V. N. (George Van Ness), 1817-1897

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Mason, Stevens Thomson, 1811-1843

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Stevens Thomson Mason was born in Virginia (October 27, 1811) and educated in Kentucky where his father had emigrated in 1812. In 1830, his father, John Mason, was appointed secretary of the Territory of Michigan by President Andrew Jackson. He resigned a year later and left for Texas and Mexico perhaps on a mission for the president. In his place, Jackson named the nineteen year old Stevens Mason to the vacant secretariat, taking his oath of office on July 25, 1831. As secretary Mason was also ...

Howard, Jacob Merritt, 1805-1871

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Rep. and Senator from Michigan. From the description of Autograph letter signed : U.S. Senate Chamber, Washington, to President Lincoln, 1865 Feb. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269539368 U.S. Representative and Senator, of Detroit, Mich. From the description of Reconstruction report of the committee, 1866. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19643081 From the description of Reconstruction report of the committee, 1866. (Duke University Lib...

Kendall, Amos, 1789-1869

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Editor of the Extra Globe, Washington, D.C. From the description of Letters, 1840-1844. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36437687 American politician. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to John Mills, United States Attorney in Boston, 1840 May 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270491445 American politican. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Frankfort, to W. W. Worsley, bookseller in Lex...

Gardner, Charles K. (Charles Kitchell), 1787-1869

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Biographical note: Public servant. From the description of Charles K. Gardner correspondence, 1835-1860. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122632562 Army officer, publisher and editor, and postal official. From the description of Papers, 1803-1897. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122519764 ...

Jones, George Wallace, 1804-1896

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George Wallace Jones (1804-1896), born in Vincennes, Indiana, was a prominent jurist and politician in the upper mid-west region of the United States. He graduated from Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky in 1825. After being admitted to the bar, Jones moved to Michigan Territory where he worked as a miner and storekeeper; served in the Black Hawk War; and was a judge of the county court. He served as congressman from Michigan (1835-1837) and as one of the state of Iowa's first U. S. ...

Child, David Lee, 1794-1874

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Abolitionist David Lee Child married Lydia Maria Frances Child in 1828. From the description of Papers, 1854-1857 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007175 ...

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 ...

Brown, John W., 1796-1875

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Farnsworth, Elon, 1799-1877

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Born at Woodstock, Vt., Feb. 2, 1799; came to Detroit and studied law with Judge Sibley, 1822; entered practice with Judge Goodwin; was member of state H.R., 1834-1835; Chancellor of the state, 1836-1842; director of Michigan Central Railroad for 20 years; president of Detroit Savings Bank, 1849-1877; member of Board of Regents of Michigan University, 1846-1858; died in Detroit, Mar. 24, 1877 (from Mich. biog. ; Repres. men of Mich., pt.1, p.52) (blue index cards) From the descriptio...

Chippewa Tribe. Treaties, etc. United States, 1837 July 29.

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