Robert C. Foster Papers, 1837-1867

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Robert C. Foster Papers, 1837-1867

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Robert C. Foster (1818-1871) was a captain in the 1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment, United States Army, during the Mexican War. After the war, Foster was a recorder's judge and lawyer in Nashville, Tenn. The collection includes personal, military, and legal papers of Foster. Included are muster rolls, discharge papers, land warrants for soldiers' services, and personal letters, chiefly 1846-1849, to and from Foster. Many of the letters concern claims, but two include accounts of military actions in Mexico. There also is correspondence with a friend, W.R. Douglas of Bacon College (later incorporated into Transylvania University), Georgetown, Ky., about a love affair of Douglas's in the 1830s. Papers of 1867 are exclusively legal in nature.

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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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Foster, Robert C., 1818-1871

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Robert C. Foster (1818-1871) was a captain in the 1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment, United States Army, during the Mexican War. After the war, Foster was a recorder's judge and lawyer in Nashville, Tenn. From the guide to the Robert C. Foster Papers, 1837-1867, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) Mormon living in Nauvoo, Illinois. From the description of Affidavit, 1844. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122494776 ...