Joseph Harvey Wilson papers, 1832-1897.

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Joseph Harvey Wilson papers, 1832-1897.

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Correspondence, receipts, and other legal papers, relating to Wilson's career, chiefly re debt collections and settlement of decedents' estates. Includes letters, 1837-1842, brother Isaac Wilson, re agriculture in Alabama; 7 Sept. 1836, Alabama vicinity, from Samuel McKee, re speculation opportunities in Arkanasas; 14 Apr. 1840, from Charleston merchant R.C. Carson, re cash scarcity in South Carolina after suspension of specie payments by Charleston banks; and c. 1845, from W.W. Avery & Co, Morgantown, N.C., re gold mining in Mecklenburg Co., N.C., and rehiring slaves from the Morrison estate. Also includes letter, 25 Dec. 1848, G.E. Harbison, re disposition of slaves from from the estate of Isaac Wilson; 28 Apr. 1852, from [T.R.?] Cureton, Columbia, S.C., re Secession Crisis of 1851 and public division at the Convention of the People of South Carolina; 10 Feb. 1839, Asheville, N.C., from wife Julia Addelaide Wilson, inquiry re the amount of her dowry; and 1867, Norfolk, Va., attorney Thomas T. Cropper, re a current case to receive compensation for the hire of slaves during the war.

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Harbison, G. E.

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McKee, Samuel, -1813

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Samuel McKee was born near Lexington, Virginia, in 1774. After formal schooling and studying law in his native state, McKee began practicing law in Somerset, Kentucky. He served as surveyor of Pulaski County, then moved to Lancaster in Garrard County where he also practiced law. From 1802 to 1808 he served in the Kentucky House of Representatives. McKee was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1809 to 1817. During his Congressional service, McKee saw military service as well on the...

Cropper, Thomas T.

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Sea Captain, New York City. From the description of Papers, [between 1850 and 1855]. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58663008 ...

Carson, R. C.

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Cureton, J. R.

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W.W. Avery & Co. (Morgantown, N.C.)

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Wilson family.

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Wilson, Julia Addelaide.

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Wilson, Joseph Harvey, 1810-1884

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Lawyer, of Charlotte, N.C. From the description of Joseph Harvey Wilson papers, 1832-1897. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 28411911 ...