Papers, 1799-1873.

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Papers, 1799-1873.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16145752

Miscellaneous personal and business papers, including 2 daybooks (1799-1810, 1820-1836) and a ledger (1820-1840). Includes references to the elections of Howell Cobb as governor of Georgia and Elijah Webb Chastain to the House of Representatives, as well as to the presidential election of 1840. Also includes a will (1834 Jan. 16) of James Guy of Iredell County.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6905325

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Cobb, Howell, 1815-1868

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Howell Cobb (September 7, 1815-October 9, 1868) was an American lawyer and diplomat. He served as congressman (1843-51; 1855-57), Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1849-51), governor of Georgia (1851-53), and secretary of the treasury (1857-60). Following Georgia's secession from the Union in 1861, he served as president of the Provisional Confederate Congress (1861-62) and a major general of the Confederate army. Cobb was born in Jefferson County on September 7, 1815, the eldest ...

Feimster, Abner.

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General merchant and postmaster in Liberty, Iredell County, N.C. From the description of Papers, 1799-1873. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 16145752 ...

Guy, James, of Iredell County, N.C., fl. 1834.

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Chastain, Elijah Webb, 1813-1874

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Chastain was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Georgia. From the description of Letter to Caleb Cushing, 1854 May 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122494442 From the guide to the Letter to Caleb Cushing, 1854, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...