J. F. H. Claiborne papers, 1797-1884 [manuscript].

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J. F. H. Claiborne papers, 1797-1884 [manuscript].

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The collection has papers containing relatively few items pertaining to Claiborne's personal activities but including letters he wrote while a law student in Wytheville, Va.; records of the 1842-1843 commission on Choctaw Indian claims; a few papers of Gov. John Anthony Quitman; diary of Willis Herbert Claiborne as a Confederate officer at Vicksburg in April-July 1863; J. L. Power's notes on the Mississippi secession convention; materials collected by Claiborne in preparation of his history of Mississippi, among them biographical and autobiographical material on prominent leaders; and writings of Claiborne and others on a wide variety of contemporary and historical subjects.

About 2400 items (3.0 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7051996

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Quitman, John Anthony, 1798-1858

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Army officer, governor, public official, and U.S. representative of Mississippi. From the description of Certificate and letter of John Anthony Quitman, 1850-1855. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449461 John Anthony Quitman moved from Ohio to Natchez, Miss., in 1821, where he practiced law. He was a member of the State house of representatives (1826-1827), chancellor of the State (1828-1835), member and president of the State senate (1835-1836), acting governor of Mississip...

Claiborne, J. F. H. (John Francis Hamtramck), 1809-1884

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Claiborne, the eldest son of Ferdinand Leigh Claiborne, worked as a lawyer and editor in Natchez, Mississippi, before moving to Madison County in 1835. He served that area as a state legislator and U. S. Congressman. He was also an eminent Mississippi historian. From the description of Claiborne, John Francis Hamtramck, papers, 1828-1838. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 32458159 J. F. H. Claiborne was a lawyer, U.S. Representative, editor, planter, and h...

Claiborne, Willis Herbert, fl. 1863.

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Power, J. L., fl. 1861-1881.

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