Papers, 1767-1888.

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Papers, 1767-1888.

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Personal, family, and business correspondence (chiefly 1830-1846), largely concerned with affairs on McDowell's estates, but with some discussion of land speculation, bank matters, local financial affairs, the Virginia militia, and politics. Includes letters from Thomas Hart Benton, McDowell's brother-in-law.

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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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Virginia. Militia

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McDowell, James, 1795-1851

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Governor of Virginia, U.S. Representative, and planter. From the description of Papers, 1767-1888. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19934292 James McDowell (October 13, 1795–August 24, 1851) was a U.S. Congressman and Governor of Virginia from 1843 to 1846. From the guide to the Gov. James McDowell Land Grant to Samuel Blackburn, 1843 June 30, (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) Governor and U.S. representat...

Benton, Thomas Hart, 1782-1858

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Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858) was a Missouri Democrat who served as a senator from 1821 to 1851. He opposed both abolitionism and the extension of slavery into new territories, but was a staunch advocate of westward expansion of the United States. He died in 1858. From the guide to the Thomas Hart Benton letter, 1846 May 14, (J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah) Lawyer; Tennessee state senator, 1809-1811; aide-de-camp to Andrew Jackson; colonel of a regiment of ...