Papers, 1805-1841.

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Papers, 1805-1841.

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Photostatic copies of miscellaneous papers including letters from Congressman Richard M. Johnson, 1825-1841, regarding Choctaw Academy, Great Crossings, Ky., Rev. Henderson's boarding school for Indian boys, and school accounts and invoices, 1837-1838. Also includes letters from Henderson's nephew, John W. Poteet, St. Louis, Mo., 1817-1822, and other family correspondence, 1805-1839; a muster roll for Capt. Squire Grant's Company, 4th Regiment, Kentucky Mounted Volunteer Militia, 1813; and a letter from Andrew Jackson to Grant concerning the 1824 election, in which Henry Clay carried Kentucky.

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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