Papers, 1814-1881.

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Papers, 1814-1881.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19105428

Business and personal correspondence, including letters from Chapman Johnson and Richard L.T. Beale concerning land purchases and the settlement of a court case. One letter from sister Polly Allen Caldwell describes winter in New Orleans, 1837, and Revolutionary War pension claims. A letter of 1845 describes Memphis, Tenn.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6956424

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Allen, John, fl.1930

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Confederate soldier, teacher, and civil engineer, of Franklin County, N.C. From the description of Papers, 1864-1885; (bulk 1870-1879). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19105446 Resident of Fincastle, Botetourt County, Va. From the description of Papers, 1814-1881. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19105428 North Carolina resident. From the description of John Allen Account book, 1853-1884. (Duke University Library)...

Johnson, Chapman, 1779-1849

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A Federalist, Woods served in the Virginia House of Delegates and was a member of the Virginia Convention of 1788. He briefly served in the Revolutionary War and later was an officer of the Virginia militia, attaining the rank of colonel before resigning in 1816. Woods was president and a director of the North Western Bank of Virginia. He owned a flour mill, traded whiskey and leased out land. One of the founders of Woodsfield, Ohio, Woods was a land speculator in the military warrant land in th...

Caldwell, Polly Allen.

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Beale, R. L. T. (Richard Lee Turberville), 1819-1893

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University of Virginia alumnus; Confederate general. From the description of Letterbook of R. L. T. Beale [manuscript], 1854-1856. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647883287 ...