Draper manuscripts: Tennessee papers, 1771-1883.

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

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Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States. Born on March 15, 1767 in the Waxhaw Settlement in South Carolina; though just a boy, participated in the battle of Hanging Rock during the Revolution, captured by the British and imprisoned. He worked for a time in a saddler's shop and afterward taught school before studying law in Salisbury, N.C. In 1788 he was appointed solicitor of the western district of North Carolina, comprising what is now the State of Tennessee. Upon the admission of T...

Blount, William, 1749-1800

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William Blount (March 26, 1749 – March 21, 1800) was an American Founding Father, statesman, and land speculator who signed the United States Constitution. He was a member of the North Carolina delegation at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and led the efforts for North Carolina to ratify the Constitution in 1789 at the Fayetteville Convention. He then served as the only governor of the Southwest Territory and played a leading role in helping the territory gain admission to the union as the...

Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799

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Patrick Henry (May 29, 1736 – June 6, 1799) was an American attorney, planter, politician, and orator known for declaring to the Second Virginia Convention (1775): "Give me liberty, or give me death!" A Founding Father, he served as the first and sixth post-colonial Governor of Virginia, from 1776 to 1779 and from 1784 to 1786. Henry was born in Hanover County, Virginia, and was for the most part educated at home. After an unsuccessful venture running a store, and assisting his father-in-law ...

Harrison, Benjamin, 1726-1791

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Benjamin Harrison V (April 5, 1726 – April 24, 1791) was an American planter, merchant and politician who served as a legislator in colonial Virginia, following a precedent of public service established by his namesakes. He signed both the Continental Association and the United States Declaration of Independence and is known as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He served as Virginia's governor from 1781 to 1784. Harrison worked an aggregate of three decades in the Virginia Hou...

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...

Thompson, James, fl. 1797

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James Thompson lived in Juniata, PA during the first quarter of the 19th century. From the description of Memorandum book, 1805. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122580627 Third auditor of the Treasury Department in 1849. From the description of Letter, Sept. 6, 1849. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 55941336 Thompson lived in New Haven, Vt. From the description of James Thompson, his book. 1810-1842. (Amer...

Handley, Samuel.

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Brown, Joseph Epes

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Martin, William, 1765-1846

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Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

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Revolutionary War officer. From the description of Papers, 1778-1786. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19593641 Army officer. From the description of Nathanael Greene papers, 1775-1785. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979865 Nathanael Greene was a major general in the Continental Army. He was promoted to Quartermaster General in 1778. From the description of Papers, 1778-1780. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat ...

Sevier, John, 1745-1815

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Continental Army officer and governor of Tennessee. From the description of Papers, 1778-1812. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20314043 Army officer, U.S. representative from North Carolina and Tennessee, and governor of Tennessee. From the description of John Sevier correspondence, 1797-1812. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980429 ...

Robertson, James, 1742-1814

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James Robertson (1742-1814), founder of Nashville, is commonly called the "father of Tennessee." From the description of James Robertson (1742-1814) collection, 1796-1849. (New-York Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 727025750 ...

Southall, Turner.

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Served in the Revolution. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Richmond, to Col. Charles Lewis, 1779 Feb. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270663709 ...

Love, Philip H.

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Martin, Joseph G. (Joseph Gregory)

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Martin, Joseph, 1740-1808.

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Ramsey, J. G. M. (James Gettys McGready), 1797-1884

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Historian, railroad director, banker, and physician, of Knoxville, Tenn. From the description of J. G. M. Ramsey papers, 1789-1944 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 24923990 From the description of Address delivered before the East Tennessee Historical and Antiquarian Society, 1834 May 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 251411239 James Gettys McGready Ramsey (1797-1884) was a historian, railroad director, banker, and physician, of Knoxville, Tenn. He was the author o...

Shelby, Isaac, 1750-1826

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Isaac Shelby, Kentucky's first governor, was born in Maryland in 1750. As a young man, he served in Lord Dunmore's War and the Revolutionary War, from which he emerge as one of the heroes of the Battle of King's Mountain, South Carolina. Following the war, he and his bride, Susannah Hart, moved to Lincoln County, Kentucky, where he quickly became a leader in Kentucky politics. He was chosen as Kentucky's first governor, serving from 1792-1796. Just before the War of 1812, Shelby was persuaded by...

Dunkin, John, 1782-1846

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John Dunkin, brother-in-law of writer Mary Hays. He was married to Hays's sister Joanna, who died in 1805. From the description of John Dunkin manuscript material : 5 items, 1807-1822 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 174115335 From the guide to the John Dunkin manuscript material : 5 items, 1807-1822, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Epithet: alias Duncan British Library Archives and M...

Williams, Oliver, active 1657-1670

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Campbell, Arthur, 1742-1811

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Arthur Campbell (1742-1811), Indian fighter and Revolutionary patriot. From the description of Letter to General George Washington, 1781 July 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476826 ...

Preston, William, 1742-1818

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Derry, Robert

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Floyd, John, 1794-1871

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Pioneer surveyor; killed by Indians in the winter of 1783. From the description of Letter : Beargrass, Kentucky, regarding Kentucky frontier, 1783 Feb 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83986673 From the description of Letter : Beargrass, Kentucky, regarding Kentucky frontier, 1783 Feb 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702150529 ...

Tipton, John, 1786-1839

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Originally from Tennessee, John Tipton and his family moved to Harrison County, Indiana in 1807. Tipton was active in territorial government, served as a militia officer, politician, Indian agent, and land speculator. In March, 1823, he was appointed Indian agent at Fort Wayne and served as a commissioner to negotiate a treaty with the Miami and Pottawatomie in 1826. He served as agent unitl December 1831 when he was elected to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by James Noble's death. I...

Christian, William, ca. 1743-1786.

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Martin, Alexander, 1738-1807

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Alexander Martin (1738-1807) was a merchant, lawyer, delegate of the U.S. Continental Congress, U.S. senator, and governor of North Carolina, and army officer. ...

Jennings, Edmund, Sir

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Carter, Landon

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Spencer, Thomas S., 1945-

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Shelby, Evan, 1720-1794.

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Smith, Daniel, 1748-1818

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Harpe, Micajah.

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Williams, Daniel, Reverend; nonconformist divine

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Williams, Sampson.

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Bledsoe, A. J. (Anthony Jennings), 1858-

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Gordon, John Frazer

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Epithet: of Buthlay British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000766.0x00016f Epithet: of Earlston Title: 5th Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000766.0x0001f6 ...

Harpe, Wiley.

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Donelson, John.

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