Draper manuscripts: John Cleves Symmes papers, 1791-1846.

Dayton, Jonathan, 1760-1824

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Jonathan Dayton (October 16, 1760 – October 9, 1824) was an American politician from the U.S. state of New Jersey. He was the youngest person to sign the United States Constitution and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, serving as its third Speaker, and later in the U.S. Senate. Dayton was arrested in 1807 for treason in connection with Aaron Burr's conspiracy. He was never tried, but his national political career never recovered. Dayton was born in Elizabethtown (now known as Eli...

Draper, Lyman Copeland, 1815-1891

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Lyman Copeland Draper (1815-1891), American historian known for his studies of the history of trans-Allegheny West. From 1854 to 1886, he served as director of The State Historical Society of Wisconsin from 1854 to 1886. From the description of Letters from Lyman C. Draper to Benson J. Lossing, 1855-1864. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 302021153 Lyman Copeland Draper was born in Lockport, New York on September 4, 1...

McLean, John, 1791-1830

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Campbell, Anthony, 1929-

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Peltier, J. C. A. (Jean Charles Athanase), 1785-1845

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Symmes, Marianne.

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Symmes, Peyton S. (Peyton Short), 1793-1861

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Champney, William B.

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Hunter, John Dunn, 1798?-1827

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Adventurer; author of "Manners and customs of several Indian tribes located west of the Mississippi." From the description of John D. Hunter letter to Mr. Bandinel [manuscript], 1824 November 20. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 753978655 Captive, frontiersman, and author. Seized by the Kickapoo Indians at an early age (ca. 1800) and raised by the Kansas and Osage tribes west of the Mississippi, Hunter learned to read and write after ret...

Swan, William, 1791-1866

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Turner, George, 1750-1843

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Kingsbury, Jacob, 1756-1837

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United States Army officer; born in Norwich, Connecticut and died in Franklin, Missouri. Entered the Continental Army in 1775 and served in the Western Army at Detroit, Fort Mackinaw, Fort Adams, New Orleans, and elsewhere. From the description of Jacob Kingsbury papers, 1764-1891. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 476053212 U.S. Army officer. From the description of Jacob Kingsbury papers, 1727-1856 (bulk 1800-1825). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980...

Stark, Horatio

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Spafford, Horatio Gates, 1778-1832

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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...

McBride, James, 1788-1859

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Moore, Hugh.

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Bell, Eben I.

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Campbell, John, 1758-1828

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Walker, David C., 1934-

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Assistant to Mr. Copland. From the description of Typewritten letter signed, dated : Peekskill, N.Y., 25 November 1981, to James J. Fuld, 1981 Nov. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874552 ...

Eustis, William, 1753-1825

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Revolutionary War veteran, politician, and secretary of war. From the description of Letter, 1818 Oct. 20. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49215753 William Eustis was born in Cambridge, Mass., and graduated from Harvard College in 1772. He served as a surgeon during the American Revolutionary War and in the Massachusetts General Court (1788-1794). Eustis was a U.S. Representative for Massachusetts (1801-1804, 1820-1823), Secretary of War (1809-1813), Am...

Symmes, John Cleves, 1742-1814

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Soldier, jurist, and frontiersman. From the description of Papers of John Cleves Symmes, 1788-1796. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71067829 After serving as a New Jersey legislator, judge, and Continental Congressman, Symmes purchased a million acres in Ohio in 1787, where he established several settlements including Cincinnati. From the description of ADS : New York, N.Y., 1786 Apr. 15. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122626085 The...

Symmes, Mercy.

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Worthington, Thomas, 1773-1827

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Ohio state representative, state senator and governor of Ohio. From the description of Papers of Thomas Worthington [microform], 1796-1827. (Ohio Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 38901293 U.S. senator and governor of Ohio. From the description of Papers of Thomas Worthington, 1795-1827. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84170288 From the description of Diaries and letterbooks of Thomas Worthington, 1801-1827. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71067873 ...

Nicholas, Robert Carter, 1787-1856

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Born in Hanover, Va., son of Va. governor Wilson Cary Nicholas. Officer in War of 1812. Moved to Louisiana in 1820 as a sugar planter and later became a U.S. senator. From the description of ALS : Fort George, to Wilson Cary Nicholas, 1813 Aug. 30. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122380634 Robert Carter Nicholas served in the War of 1812 as a captain and major, attended the College of William and Mary, then moved to Louisiana in 1820 and became a sugar ...

Symmes, John Cleves, 1780-1829

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John Cleves Symmes, a native of New Jersey, was the nephew of the noted jurist of the same name. He entered the army in 1802 and was commissioned a captain in the War of 1812. He left military service in 1816 to reside in St. Louis and embark on a brief career of supplying the army and trading with the Fox Indians. Symmes had earlier developed a theory of the earth's formation, following his studies of mathematics and the natural sciences. He began to promulgate his theory of "Concentric Spheres...

Symmes, Daniel.

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Hinde, Thomas S. (Thomas Spottswood), 1785-1846

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St. Clair, Arthur, 1734-1818

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Born in Thurso, Scotland, 1734, o.s. ; studied medicine in Edinburgh; served in the British Army in America, 1757-1762; surveyor of Cumberland, 1770; colonel of Pennsylvania militia, 1775; brigadier general, 1777 to the close of the Revolution; commander of the Army, 1791-1792; delegate to the Constitutional Congress, 1785-1787, and president, 1787; governor of Northwest Territory, 1789-1802; died in Greensburg, Pa., August 31, 1818. (Bio. Cong. Dir., 1928 ed. ; Dic. Am.Biog. --gives b. date, 17...

Trimble, William A.

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Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841

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Epithet: of Add MS 34580 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001094.0x00030c American Indian fighter and president of the United States. From the guide to the William Henry Harrison letter, 1795, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) U.S president, Mar.-Apr. 1841; territorial governor of Indiana, 1801-1813; Ohio congressman, 1816-1819, state senator, 1819-1821, senator 1825-1828. From ...

Mitchill, Samuel L. (Samuel Latham), 1764-1831

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Physician Joseph Carson taught medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The College of Philadelphia's Medical School, founded in 1765, became known as the University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Medicine In 1779. From the guide to the Joseph Carson letters, 1789-1858, 1789-1858, (American Philosophical Society) Physician and naturalist. From the description of Papers, 1792-1928. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35203561 Mitchill (Edinburgh, M.D. 17...

Clemson, E. B.

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Hamilton, Thomas, 9th Earl of Haddington

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Epithet: 9th Earl of Haddington British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000613.0x00032b Epithet: Commissioner of the Navy Board British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001026.0x00007e Epithet: Ensign British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001299.0x0001b3 ...

Foulk, Willis.

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Todd, Thomas

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Epithet: of Wisbech British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000211.0x000021 Epithet: Rector of Holy Trinity, Hulme British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000211.0x000022 Epithet: lighthouse-keeper British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000211.0x000020 ...

Bissell, Lewis, 1842-1935

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Askin, Madeleine.

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