Papers, 1824-1911.

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Papers, 1824-1911.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19595492

Personal, business, and legal papers, including estate papers and rental contracts for land. Includes a scrapbook of poems, mostly humorous, political, or patriotic, by James H. Denny, of Mountain View, Va. The poems refer to Lewis Cass, Jonathan Cilley, Henry Clay, John C. Frémont, William Graves, Andrew Jackson, and other politicians of the time.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6966041

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Harley, Thomas J.

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Physician, of Hedgesville, W. Va. From the description of Papers, 1824-1911. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19595492 ...

Cilley, Jonathan, 1802-1838

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