Papers, 1788-1891.

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Papers, 1788-1891.

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Mainly personal letters exchanged by Knight and his wife, Frances (Beall) Knight, with their relatives in Maryland, containing information about mercantile activities in Mississippi after 1830, speculation and investment in the Southwest, slavery and planting, cotton culture in Mississippi, American finance during the Civil War, descriptions of Europe with emphasis on Rome and its art colony (1850-1864), internal travel in the U.S., sculptor Edward Sheffield Bartholomew, and general economic conditions in the U.S. (1830-1865). Correspondents include Enoch Pratt and Roger B. Taney.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6985868

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Knight, Frances Beall

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Knight, John, 1806-1864.

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Merchant and financier. From the description of Papers, 1788-1891. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19931491 ...

Taney, Roger Brooke, 1777-1864

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Roger Taney was Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1853. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 191048726 American jurist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Baltimore, to J. Kennedy Furlong, 1855 May 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270574484 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Baltimore, to M. St. Clair Clarke, 1842 May 20. (Unknown). WorldCat rec...

Bartholomew, Edward Sheffield.

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Pratt, Enoch, 1781-1860

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