Papers, 1819-1889.

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Wherry, John J. Papers, 1819-1889.

Papers, 1819-1889.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20460668

Papers of John J. Wherry and his family contain letters, 1830s-1850s, to John J. Wherry concerning tobacco sales, business affairs, the Presbyterian Church in Hendersonville, Tenn., and the severe financial difficulties of a relative; letters, 1861, from John M. Wherry, a soldier in the 1st Tennessee Regiment, C.S.A.; and letters, in the 1880s, relating to John J. Wherry's claim for compensation for property confiscated by the Union Army during the Civil War. Papers also contain bills, notes, receipts, deeds, insurance policies, a subscription paper for the Hendersonville Presbyterian Church, and documents appointing Wherry a member of the New Orleans and Lafayette (La.) Board of Tobacco Inspectors.

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