Henry Watson papers, 1765-1938; (bulk 1828-1869).

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Henry Watson papers, 1765-1938; (bulk 1828-1869).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20273654

Letters, diaries, business correspondence, and papers (chiefly 1828-1869) relating to Watson's career in law, his planting activities, his accumulation of property, establishment of the Planter's Insurance Company, slavery, farming conditions in ante-bellum Alabama, politics in Alabama before the Civil War, activities of the Watson family, the migration of Watson's family and relatives to various places in the West, secession in Alabama, Watson's removal to Germany during the Civil War, his return to the U.S. after the war, and his postwar career in Connecticut and Alabama. Collection includes letters, diaries, business correspondence, and papers (chiefly 1828-1869) relating to Watson's career in law, his planting activities, his accumulation of property, establishment of the Planter's Insurance Company, slavery, farming conditions in ante-bellum Alabama, politics in Alabama before the Civil War, activities of the Watson family, the migration of Watson's family and relatives to various places in the West, secession in Alabama, Watson's removal to Germany during the Civil War, his return to the U.S. after the war, and his postwar career in Connecticut and Alabama. Also includes correspondence with his partner, John Erwin, a Whig leader; land grants to Edwin Peck signed by Martin Van Buren; letters from Confederate soldiers imprisoned at Johnson's Island, Ohio; letters from Henry Bernard; and early letters from Elisha Stanley describing Pittsburgh, Pa., Cincinnati, Ohio, and Kentucky, the mercantile business during the War of 1812, the martial spirit and activities of the Kentuckians during the War of 1812, and the disastrous effects of peace on mercantile pursuits. Also in the collection are letters and papers of John Watson (d. 1824), including fragments, complete literary manuscripts, and papers relating to the settlement of his estate; and letters and diaries of Henry Watson's brother, Sereno.

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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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Watson, John, d. 1824.

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Stanley, Elisha.

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Watson, Henry, 1810-1891.

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Planter and lawyer of Greensboro, Ala. From the description of Henry Watson papers, 1765-1938; (bulk 1828-1869). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20273654 From the guide to the Henry Watson Papers, 1765-1938, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University) Watson was born in East Windsor, Ct. in 1811 to Henry Watson. He graduated from Trinity College, Hartford, Ct. (A.B., 1828) and Harvard College (A.B., ed. eun., 1828). In 18...

Barnard, Henry William, Sir, 1799-1857

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1814 lieutenant, 1st (later Grenadier) guards; 1815-1818 served during the allied occupation of France on the staff of Colonel Sir Andrew Barnard in Paris and Cambrai; 1822 captain (the army); 1822 lieutenant and captain (the Grenadier Guards); 1831 captain and lieutenant-colonel (the Grenadier Guards); 1838-1842 2nd battalion, service in Canada; 1847 adjuntant-general, the northern and midland district; 1846 brevet colonel; 1849 lieutenant-colonel; 1854 major-general 1854-1855 serv...

Watson, Sereno

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Epithet: of the Botanic Garden, Cambridge, Mass British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000979.0x00018d ...

Erwin, John S. (John Stuart), 1954-

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Watson family.

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Johnson Island Prison

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Johnson Island, located in Sandusky, Ohio, operated as a federal prisoner of war depot, housing Confederate officers and other enlisted men captured in battle, from April 1862 to September 1865. From the guide to the Johnson Island Prison Autograph Albums, ., 1861-1865, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) Union army prison in Ohio. From the description of Diagram, 1862. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat...

Planters' Insurance Company.

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