Papers, 1785-1917.

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Papers, 1785-1917.

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Correspondence, receipt books, scrapbooks, family cookbook, and other papers, relating to the inauguration of Abraham Lincoln, Civil War politics, local Kentucky politics (1820-1870), the Mexican War, presidential politics, especially Polk's election (1844), the American Colonization Society, American Party, and Henry Clay. Includes a journal of John Moore McCalla, Jr., describing a journey to Liberia in 1860 and letters from former McCalla slaves in Liberia, and letters of John M. McCalla, Sr.'s father, Dr. Andrew J. McCalla, including several discussing the treatment of the insane and the Eastern Lunatic Asylum in Lexington, Ky.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Clay, Henry, 1777-1852

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Eastern Lunatic Asylum (Lexington, Ky.)

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McCalla, Andrew J.

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McCalla, John Moore, 1793-1873

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McCalla (d. 1873) was a military officer and civil servant, of Lexington, Ky., and Washington, D.C. From the description of Papers, 1831-1887. (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 28726480 From the description of Papers, 1831-1887. (Shepherd University Library). WorldCat record id: 30534763 Militia officer and civil servant, of Lexington, Ky., and Washington, D.C. From the description of Papers, 1785-1917. (Duke University Library)....

McCalla, John Moore, 1793-1873

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McCalla (d. 1873) was a military officer and civil servant, of Lexington, Ky., and Washington, D.C. From the description of Papers, 1831-1887. (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 28726480 From the description of Papers, 1831-1887. (Shepherd University Library). WorldCat record id: 30534763 Militia officer and civil servant, of Lexington, Ky., and Washington, D.C. From the description of Papers, 1785-1917. (Duke University Library)....

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