Correspondence, 1791-1794,1825-1849.

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

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Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States. Born on March 15, 1767 in the Waxhaw Settlement in South Carolina; though just a boy, participated in the battle of Hanging Rock during the Revolution, captured by the British and imprisoned. He worked for a time in a saddler's shop and afterward taught school before studying law in Salisbury, N.C. In 1788 he was appointed solicitor of the western district of North Carolina, comprising what is now the State of Tennessee. Upon the admission of T...

Wirt, William, 1772-1834

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William Wirt (November 8, 1772 – February 18, 1834) was an American author and statesman who is credited with turning the position of United States Attorney General into one of influence. He was the longest serving Attorney General in U.S. history. He was also the Anti-Masonic nominee for president in the 1832 election. Wirt grew up in Maryland but pursued a legal career in Virginia, passing the Virginia bar in 1792. After holding various positions, he served as the prosecutor in Aaron Burr's...

Duval, William Pope, 1784-1854

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Lawyer, U.S. representative of Kentucky, and governor of Florida (Territory). From the description of Memorial of the inhabitants of the city of St. Augustine to William Pope Duval, governor of Florida, 1822. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71009966 Governor, lawyer, judge. At the age of 14, Duval left home for the Kentucky frontier, settling in Bardstown to study law. In 1822 he moved to St. Augustine, Florida, where he was appointed a territorial ju...

Clinch, Duncan Lamont, 1787-1849

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Soldier, planter, and U.S. congressman, of Georgia. From the description of Duncan Lamont Clinch papers, 1834-1859. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 144796486 United States Military General. Duncan Clinch was born in North Carolina on April 6, 1787. He served in the War of 1812 in the South, led the expedition that destroyed the Negro Fort on the Apalachicola, and, with the rank of general, commanded at the Battle of Withlacoochee, December 31, 1835, d...

Jones, R., Adjutant-General

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Casas, Don Luis de las, fl. 1790-1795.

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Brown, Thomas, 1785-1867

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Thomas Brown (1785-1867) held various offices in Territorial Florida. After statehood he was elected governor and served from 1848-1853. From the description of Governor Thomas Brown's letter 1853. (Florida State University). WorldCat record id: 40118757 From the description of Thomas Brown diary of trip to England 1820. (Florida State University). WorldCat record id: 39972559 From the description of Letters of Governor Thomas Brown of Florida 1852-1881. (Florida St...

Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862

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Martin Van Buren (b. Kinderhook, New York, December 5, 1782-d. July 24, 1862, Kinderhook, New York), studied law, was admitted to bar, New York, 1803; moved to Huson surrogate of Columbia Co.; member of State Senate, 1813-1820; attorney general of New York, 1815-1819; delegate to state constitutional convention, 1821; U.S. Senate Democrat, March 4, 1821-1828; Governor of New York, 1828-1829; U.s. Secretary of State, March 12, 1829 - August 1, 1831; Vice President, 1832; President, 1836-1840....

Crane, J. B., fl. 1839.

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Whitehead, John, active 1833

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Ewing, Thomas, 1789-1871

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Lawyer, U.S. senator from Ohio, U.S. secretary of the treasury, and of the interior. From the description of Thomas Ewing papers, 1815-1872. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981690 U.S. cabinet officer and senator from Ohio. Other family members represented include his sons, Thomas (1829-1896), U.S. Army officer and congressman from Ohio, and Hugh (1826-1905), U.S. minister to Holland; his daughter and son-in-law, Ellen Ewing Sherman (1824-1888) and William T. Sherman (1820-...

Home, Charles, fl. 1836.

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Pierce, Benjamin Kendrick, 1790-1850

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Houseman, Jacob, d. 1841.

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Quesada, Juan Nepomuceno de

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

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Territorial governor of Florida. From the description of Papers, 1801-1911. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70958756 The third and fifth territorial governor of Florida, Richard Keith Call came to Florida in 1814 as a soldier with General Andrew Jackson. Serving as personal aide to Jackson, Call helped set up Florida's territorial government at Pensacola in 1821. The next year, he started a law practice there. Successively, he was a member of the Legislative Council, delegate...

Allen, R. C., fl. 1832.

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Reynolds, William, 1820-1911

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Bailey, William C., 1944-

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According to the 1820 census, a John P. Peabody lived in Topsfield, Mass., and several William Baileys resided in nearby Essex County. From the description of A survey of the farm of John P. Peabody. 1818. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 770376754 ...