Correspondence, 1781-1836.

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Correspondence, 1781-1836.

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Letters to William and Samuel B. Hines of Virginia, pertaining to privateering, relations of the United States with England, the embargo, New England's opposition to the War of 1812, and the election of 1836. Among the correspondents are Richard Blow, Thomas Gholson, Edwin Gray, John Hamilton, and John Young Mason.

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Gray, Edwin, 1764-1810.

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Mason, John Y. (John Young), 1799-1859

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John Young Mason, from Greensville County, Va., was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia, 1831-1837; served as secretary of the Navy, 1844-1845 and 1846-1849; was attorney general of the United States, March 1845-September 1846; and served as United States minister plenipotentiary to France, 1854-1859. From the guide to the John Y. Mason Papers, 1843-1898, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection...

Hines, Samuel B.

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Blow, Richard, 1746-1833.

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Richard Blow was a native of Southampton County, Va. He was born in 1746, the son of Samuel Blow and Martha (Drew) Blow. He married Frances Wright in 1786. He owned "Tower Hill" plantation in Sussex County, Va. and was a partner in stores operated in Virginia and North Carolina. He furnished ships to trade American goods abroad. He was the first president of the Farmers Bank of Norfolk and was president of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company, Blow died in Portsmouth, Va. in 1833. He was survived by h...

Gholson, Thomas, d. 1816.

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Hines, W.D. (William Donald)

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Hamilton, John D., 1935-

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Title: 1st Baron Belhaven British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001299.0x000130 Hull was an army officer and, later, territorial governor of Michigan. His surrender of Detroit on Aug. 16, 1812 shocked the American public, triggering a court-martial. Although found guilty, Hull was pardoned for his revolutionary services. Meigs was territorial judge (1798) and a legislator of Ohio (1799-1801), the first Chief Justice ...