Papers, 1713-1853.

Mercer, James, 1736-1793

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James Mercer (February 26, 1736 – October 31, 1793), was an American lawyer, military officer, planter, jurist, and politician. Born at his family's Marlborough plantation in Stafford County in the Colony of Virginia, Mercer received a private education suitable as well as access to his father's library, if not the best, then one of the best in the area. Mercer traveled to Williamsburg for higher education under prominent lawyer George Wythe and others, and graduated from the College of Willi...

Hunter, R. M. T. (Robert Mercer Taliaferro), 1809-1887

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Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (April 21, 1809 – July 18, 1887) was a Virginia lawyer, politician and plantation owner. He was a U.S. Representative (1837–1843, 1845–1847), Speaker of the House (1839–1841), and U.S. Senator (1847–1861). During the American Civil War, Hunter became the Confederate States Secretary of State (1861–1862) and then a Confederate Senator (1862–1865) and critic of President Jefferson Davis. After the war, Hunter failed to win re-election to the U.S. Senate, but did ser...

Jones, Roger Beauchamp Spencer 1947-1986

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Roger Jones discusses how his family was able to sell tobacco in Calloway County, Kentucky during the time of the Night Riders. He recalls how the price of tobacco remained fairly stable in the county after the Night Riders were organized. Jones explains that everyone could work and vote in Calloway County regardless of race. He remarked that Marshall County was quite different regarding race than in Calloway County. Jones also mentioned that the leader of the Night Riders was known to have kill...

Cresap, Thomas, c.1702-c.1790.

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Randolph, John, 1773-1833

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Randolph served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1799-1813, 1815-1817, 1819-1825, 1827-1829), the U.S. Senate (1825-1827), the Virginia Constitutional Convention (1829-1830), and as Minister to Russia (1830-1831). From the description of Letter of introduction, 10 July 1813. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 235133950 U. S. Congressman from Virginia. From the description of Letter [manuscript] : Liverpool, England, to Jacob Harvey, Cork Irela...

Garnett, James M. (James Mercer), 1770-1843

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Virginia Congressman. From the description of Letter to Robert Selden Garnett [manuscript], 1824 May 15. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647826837 Educator, legislator, and agriculturist, of Aldie (Loudoun Co.), Va. From the description of Papers, 1733-1923. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19562313 J.M Garnett (1770-1843) was a legislator, agriculturist, and educator residing at "Elmwood," Essex County, Virginia, all of his l...

Tucker, John Randolph, 1823-1897

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J.R. Tucker (1823-1897) was a lawyer, teacher, Attorney-General and Congressman, spending most of his life in Winchester and Lexington, Virginia. M.R.H. Garnett (1821-1864) was a lawyer and politician serving in the state and national legislatures, and the Confederate Congress. From the description of Letters: to Muscoe R.H. Garnett, 1842 October 30-1853 January 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122555400 ...

Taylor, John, 1753-1824

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Political writer, agriculturist, and U.S. senator. From the description of Papers, 1789-1929. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 38929435 U.S. senator from Virginia, military officer, public official, and author. From the description of John Taylor papers, 1778. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980570 John Taylor (1753-1824) of Caroline County, Va., was the son-in-law of John Penn (1741-1788), signer of the Declaration of Independence for Nor...

Hunter family.

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Garnett family.

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Mercer family.

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Dick, Alex, 1984-

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Hunter, James de Graaf 1881-1967

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James Hunter served in the House of Delegates from Essex Co., Va., 1818-1823, and was the Commissary of Stores, Fredericksburg Public Store during the revolution. His son, R.M.T. Hunter was lawyer and statesman. James Mercer was the father of Charles Fenton Mercer (1770-1843), and Charles Dick was the latter's father-in-law. From the description of Papers : Fredericksburg and Richmond, Virginia, 1776-1782. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122538536 ...

Harrison, Benjamin

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Nelson, Thomas M.

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Polson, Joseph.

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Thomas Cresap (1702-1790) was an English trader and pioneer who migrated to America ca. 1717. He acted as an intermediary between the colonial government, the Iroquois, and the Cherokees. Joseph Polson was from Hampshire County, now part of West Virginia. From the description of Bond: Hampshire County, Virginia to Thomas Cresap, Frederick County, Maryland, 1761 February 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122487882 ...

Garnett-Mercer-Hunter families.

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Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett (1821-1864), a lawyer and statesman, served in the U.S. Congress from Virginia, 1856-61, and as a member of the Confederate Congress. For more biographical information see James Mercer Garnett, "Biographical Sketches of Hon. Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett of Elmwood, Essex Co., Va.," William and Mary College Quarterly Magazine (July and Oct. 1909). John Randolph Tucker (1823-1897) was a lawyer, teacher of law, Virginia official and congressma...

Mercer, Charles Fenton, 1778-1858

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U.S. representative from Virginia; president of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. From the description of Papers of Charles Fenton Mercer [manuscript], 1810-1856. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647891379 State legislator and U.S. representative from Virginia. From the description of Papers, 1816-1854. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70954784 Charles Fenton Mercer (1778-1858), was the son of James Mercer, j...

Dick, Charles

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Garnett, Muscoe R. H. (Muscoe Russell Hunter), 1821-1864

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University of Virginia student form Essex County; member of the Virginia legislature and both the U.S. and C.S. Congress. From the description of Muscoe H.R. Garnett Letter to Sally H.A. Hunter, 1838 November 14. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 123759082 ...