J.F.H. Claiborne Papers, 1797-1884

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J.F.H. Claiborne Papers, 1797-1884

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J.F.H. Claiborne was a lawyer, U.S.Representative, editor, planter, and historian of Mississippi andLouisiana. The collection has relatively few items pertaining toClaiborne's personal activities but includes letters he wrote while a law student inWytheville, Va.; records of the 1842-1843 commission on Choctaw Indian claims; a fewpapers of Governor John Anthony Quitman; diary of Willis Herbert Claiborne as aConfederate officer at Vicksburg in April-July 1863; J. L. Power's notes on theMississippi secession convention; materials collected by Claiborne in preparation ofhis history of Mississippi, among them biographical and autobiographical material onprominent leaders; and writings of Claiborne and others on a wide variety ofcontemporary and historical subjects.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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Claiborne, J. F. H. (John Francis Hamtramck), 1809-1884

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Claiborne, the eldest son of Ferdinand Leigh Claiborne, worked as a lawyer and editor in Natchez, Mississippi, before moving to Madison County in 1835. He served that area as a state legislator and U. S. Congressman. He was also an eminent Mississippi historian. From the description of Claiborne, John Francis Hamtramck, papers, 1828-1838. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 32458159 J. F. H. Claiborne was a lawyer, U.S. Representative, editor, planter, and h...