Papers of the Miller family, 1806-1914.

Madison, Dolley, 1768-1849

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Dolley Madison, the fourth First Lady of the United States, is widely remembered as the most lively of the early First Ladies. As a prominent entertainer and hostess, she helped shape the role of First Lady and served as the model for every future First Lady to come. Dolley Payne was born on May 20, 1768, in Guilford County, North Carolina. She was the fourth of eight children born to John and Mary Payne. The family moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1783. In 1790, Dolley Payne married la...

Hunter, R. M. T. (Robert Mercer Taliaferro), 1809-1887

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Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (April 21, 1809 – July 18, 1887) was a Virginia lawyer, politician and plantation owner. He was a U.S. Representative (1837–1843, 1845–1847), Speaker of the House (1839–1841), and U.S. Senator (1847–1861). During the American Civil War, Hunter became the Confederate States Secretary of State (1861–1862) and then a Confederate Senator (1862–1865) and critic of President Jefferson Davis. After the war, Hunter failed to win re-election to the U.S. Senate, but did ser...

Miller, Thomas, fl. 1873

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Mercer, Charles Fenton, 1778-1858

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U.S. representative from Virginia; president of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. From the description of Papers of Charles Fenton Mercer [manuscript], 1810-1856. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647891379 State legislator and U.S. representative from Virginia. From the description of Papers, 1816-1854. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70954784 Charles Fenton Mercer (1778-1858), was the son of James Mercer, j...

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

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James Monroe, fifth president of the United States of America (b. April 28, 1758, Monroe Hall, Virginia-d. July 4, 1831, New York, New York) fought with distinction in the Continental Army, and he practiced law in Fredericksburg, Virginia. As a young politician, he joined the anti-Federalists in the Virginia Convention which ratified the Constitution, and in 1790, an advocate of Jeffersonian policies, he was elected United States Senator. As Minister to France in 1794-1796, Monroe showed strong ...

Randolph, R. B.,

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Lewis, Lawrence, 1767-1839

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Son of George Washington's sister Betty Washington Lewis; one of George Washington's executors. From the description of ALsS : Woodlawn, N.J., to Robert Beverley, 1830-1839. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122316920 ...

Medical Society of the District of Columbia

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Founded 1817; incorporated 1819; reorganized and re-incorporated 1838; amalgamated in 1911 with the Medical Association of the District of Columbia (founded 1833) to form a new Medical Society of the District of Columbia. From the guide to the Records of the Medical Society of the District of Columbia, 1838-1979, (History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine) ...

Hooe, G. Mason,

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Taliaferro, John, 1768-1852

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Representative from Virginia. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, D.C., to Joseph Gales, Jr., 1838 Jul. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270579138 ...

Mercer, Hugh, approximately 1725-1777

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Virginian physician, and French and Indian War and Revolutionary War officer. From the description of Letters of Hugh Mercer, 1767-1774. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32960048 Brigadier General Mercer served in the Battles of Trenton and Princeton. From the description of ALS, 1776 July 22 : Perth Amboy, to General George Washington. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 13767822 Brigadier General Mercer served in the Ba...

Miller family.

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Washington, D.C., family. From the description of Papers of the Miller family, 1806-1914. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32135299 ...