Papers, 1797-1969.

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Papers, 1797-1969.

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Consists primarily of papers and family correspondence of the Campbell family, but also includes some information on the Kelley and Shipley families. Includes letters to Col. David Campbell, to and from Gen. William Campbell, and a letter from John Campbell to Gen. R.K. Call regarding an alleged conversation between Gen. Andrew Jackson and Commodore Stephen Decatur that supposedly occurred in the antechamber of the Senate of the U.S. in 1819. Many family pictures are also included, along with a series of clippings on Gen. Nathan B. Forrest. There is also a typescript of the will of James Campbell of Brook County, Va., along with genealogical records of the Campbell family. The Shipley family items include a marriage certificate for John Shipley and Mary Sims who were married in Pittsburgh in 1891.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7331844

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Call, R. K. (Richard Keith), 1791-1862

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Campbell family.

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Residents of Abingdon, Va. From the description of Papers, 1797-1969. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 31977852 ...

Campbell, John, 1789-186?

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Campbell, James Brown, 1798-1852

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Campbell, William Bowen, 1807-1867

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Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877

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