McGavock family papers, 1797-1897 [manuscript].

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McGavock family papers, 1797-1897 [manuscript].

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Family, official, and political correspondence, including letters from Irish relatives and other papers, 1799-1815, pertaining to duties as federal tax assessor and collector in western Virginia of Hugh McGavock (1761-1844) of Wythe County, Va.; miscellaneous antebellum papers of Judge Henry Dickinson of Columbia, Miss., father of U.S. Secretary of War Jacob McGavock Dickinson; and antebellum correspondence about routine political appointments of Randal William McGavock (1826-1863), Confederate Army officer, Democratic Party leader, diplomat, and mayor of Nashville, Tenn. Also included are a lengthy 1853 letter discussing a rebellion in China and an 1859 letter from William L. Sharkey of Jackson, Miss., about the possibility of secession.

228 items (0.5 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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McGavock, Randal W. (Randal William), 1826-1863

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McGavock, Hugh, 1761-1844.

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Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873

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Born to Patrick Sharkey in Tennessee, William Lewis Sharkey (1797-1873) moved with his family to Mississippi in 1803 and fought at the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812. After practicing law in Warrenton and Vicksburg, he served in the Mississippi Legislature (1828-1829) and as chief justice of the Mississippi High Court of Errors and Appeals (1832-1851). He then established a law practice in Jackson and served as a U. S. Consul to Cuba. A strong Unionist, Sharkey was app...

McGavock family.

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H. D. (Henry Dickinson)

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Russell County, Va., resident. From the description of Daybook of Henry Dickinson, [manuscript], 1825-1851. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647808525 ...