John MacPherson Berrien papers, 1778-1938.

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John MacPherson Berrien papers, 1778-1938.

Includes legal papers relative to the Florida-Georgia boundary controversy, 1851-1856; financial papers of a rice plantation and farm near Savannah and Clarksville, Ga., respectively; and correspondence (1830-1852) with men prominent in the Jackson administration and in Georgia politics. Also includes papers (1778-1786) relating to the military service during the Revolution of Berrien's father, John Berrien; Civil War letters from Robert Falligant in Virginia and Phil Falligant in Georgia; letter books; a receipt book; and a ledger. Correspondents include John Quincy Adams, George Edmund Badger, Thomas Hart Benton, Francis Preston Blair, Henry Clay, Howell Cobb, George W. Crawford, Hamilton Fish, Richard W. Habersham, James Hamilton, Jr., S. D. Ingram, Andrew Jackson, Alexander H. Stephens, George M. Troup, John Tyler, Daniel Webster, Thurlow Weed, and Richard Henry Wilde.

About 550 items (2.0 linear ft.).

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Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

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Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852

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Clay, Henry, 1777-1852

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Benton, Thomas Hart, 1782-1858

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Badger, George Edmund, 1795-1866

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Berrien, John.

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Tyler, John, 1790-1862

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John Tyler (b. March 29, 1790, Charles City County, Virginia–d. January 18, 1862, Richmond, Virginia), was the tenth President of the United States (1841–1845) and the first to succeed to the office following the death of President William Henry Harrison....

Ingram, S. D.

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Troup, George Michael, 1780-1856

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Blair, Francis Preston, 1791-1876

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Habersham, Richard Wylly, 1786-1842

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Falligant, Robert.

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Weed, Thurlow, 1797-1882

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Cobb, Howell, 1795-1864

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Crawford, George Washington, 1798-1872

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Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883

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Hamilton, James Jay

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Falligant, Phil.

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Fish, Hamilton, 1808-1893

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