Papers : of Briscoe Gerard Baldwin and Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart, 1786-1862.

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Papers : of Briscoe Gerard Baldwin and Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart, 1786-1862.

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The collection contains letters, 1840s, to Judge Baldwin from his wife Martha S. Baldwin and daughter Frances C. Baldwin Stuart concerning family matters in Staunton, Va. Letters, 1853-1882, to Stuart on a variety of political topics including secession, reconstruction, the "Negro problem" and Fillmore's cabinet. Correspondents include Charles Francis Adams, Charles W. Button, C.C. Baldwin, Joseph G. Baldwin, Robert Conrad, James H. Dooley, L.M. Powell, and George C. Whiting. Of interest is a letter from Thomas Hall to Archibald Stuart mentioning the last military expedition of George Rogers Clark, the desire of Kentucky to separate from Virginia, and local politicians Joseph Crockett and John Fowler, as well as his personal drinking problem.

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University of Virginia. Library

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Adams, Charles Francis, 1835-1915

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Soldier, businessman, civic leader and historian. Descendant of two presidents and the son of a noted diplomat, Adams served with distinction as a Union officer during the Civil War. After the war, he became a nationally recognized authority on the railroad industry, chairing the Massachusetts Railroad Commission from 1869 to 1879, and ultimately taking on the presidency of the Union Pacifc Railroad for six stormy years, 1884-1890. From 1890 to 1915, Adams was content to be a man of a...

Stuart, Archibald, 1757-1832

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Archibald Stuart was born near Staunton, Va. in 1757. He was educated at the College of William and Mary and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He fought at Guilford Court House and in the Yorktown Campaign. Stuart studied law under Thomas Jefferson and served in the Virginia House of Delegates. He aligned with Madison and favored the ratification of the United States Constitution. He served in the Virginia Senate and was a judge of the Virginia General Court. From the description of Pa...

Baldwin, Briscoe G. (Briscoe Gerard), d. 1852,

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Baldwin, C. C. (Caleb Cook), 1820-1911

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Powell, L. M.

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Stuart, Alexander H. H. (Alexander Hugh Holmes), 1807-1891

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U.S. representative from Virginia and U.S. secretary of the interior. From the description of Alexander H. Stuart papers, 1790-1868. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980828 U.S. Representative from Virginia; Secretary of the Interior under Milliard Fillmore; Virginia State Senator and Delegate; Rector of the University of Virginia. From the description of Letters from Alexander H.H. Stuart, 1839-1887. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 52598006 ...

Fowler, John, 1756-1840

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Hall, Thomas D., 1946-....

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North Dakota Secretary of State, 1913-1924. From the description of Papers, 1919. (State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archives). WorldCat record id: 17869613 ...

Dooley, James H. (James Henry), 1841-1922

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Conrad, Robert A.

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Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874

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Millard Fillmore was born in Cayuga County, N.Y. and later became a resident of East Aurora and Buffalo. He was a lawyer, local office holder, State Assemblyman, U.S. Congressman, N.Y. State Comptroller, Vice-President under Zachary Taylor and 13th U.S. President, 1850-1853. He was also involved in establishing numerous Buffalo institutions. He was a founder and first Chancellor of the University of Buffalo, Commander of the Union Continentals (Home Guard) during Civil War, and first president o...

Whiting, George Carlyle

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Baldwin, Martha S.,

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Clark, George Rogers, 1752-1818

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Surveyor; noted Indian fighter in the American midwest in the latter half of the 18th century. From the description of Documents, 1778-1818. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 28287330 American Revolutionary Colonel in the Old Northwest. Clark first came to Detroit from Cleveland in 1817, and was followed by his parents in a commercial fisherman and deputy collector of customs in China, Mich. (from M.P.C., I, 501-507: Clark's "Recollections".) (blue ...

Baldwin family.

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Button, Charles W.,

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Stuart, Frances C. Baldwin,

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Baldwin, Joseph G. (Joseph Glover), 1815-1864

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Joseph Glover Baldwin (1815-1864) was an American jurist and author. Robert MacDonald Lester (1888-1969) was an author, teacher and employee of the Carnegie Institute of New York. His published works include Forty Years of Carnegie Giving (1941). From the guide to the Joseph G. Baldwin papers, 1838-1949, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Joseph Glover Baldwin (1815-1864) was an American jurist and author. Robert MacDon...

Crockett, Joseph V.

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Stuart family.

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