Papers, 1787-1865.

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Papers, 1787-1865.

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Includes papers relating to pension claims for service in the Revolutionary War, especially of Slaughter's father, Philip Slaughter (1758-1849), captain in the 11th Continental Regiment; business papers concerning personal debts, commodity prices, purchases, and slave sales; scattered legal papers and documents; and correspondence. Correspondence discusses the Canadian expedition of American General William Hull and fighting against the British and the Indians, casualties, British prisoners, the Virginia Constitutional Convention during 1829-1830, issue of counting slaves in legislative apportionment, deportation of free blacks, Virginia politics and various elections, Andrew Jackson and his cabinet, the Force Bill, Compromise Tarriff Bill, controversy over the Second Bank of the United States, financial regulations of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, consular regulations, the Virginia militia, and matters surrounding the presidential campaign of 1860. Also includes statistics concerning the Orange and Alexandria Railroad.

100 items.

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6997762

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Slaughter, D. French (Daniel French), 1925-1998

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Virginia state senator, 1828-1830, and 1832-1836, and state representative, 1846-1847. From the description of Papers, 1787-1865. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20314606 ...

Bank of the United States (1816-1836)

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In 1816, the Bank of the United States was rechartered, the first charter having expired in 1811, in an attempt to stabilize the national currency. Within the first three years, the bank was nearly ruined due to mismanagement. Langdon Cheves was elected president of its board of directors in 1819 and restored the bank's credit. In 1822, he resigned the post and was succeeded by Nicholas Biddle. The national charter for the bank expired in 1836, but Biddle kept the bank in operation until 1841, u...

Orange and Alexandria Railroad.

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Plantation owner of Culpeper County, Va., and captain in the continental army. From the description of Papers of Philip Slaughter, 1790-1848. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32135475 ...

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