Records, 1808-1918.

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Records, 1808-1918.

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Correspondence, much of it from U.S. politicians, dating from 1808 to 1864; posters from 1918 urging U.S. citizens to purchase bonds and War Savings Stamps; and a bound volume of telegrams chiefly concerning ship movements and other military matters during the Civil War. Correspondents include Gabriel Duval of the Treasury, Horace Maynard of Tenn., Allan A. Hall of the Treasury, Albert G. Brown of Mississippi, Edward S. Philbrook, and John J. Crittenden of Kentucky. One letter of 1864 requests that medicine be shipped to a plantation on St. Helena Island.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Crittenden, John J. (John Jordan), 1787-1863

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Kentucky lawyer and statesman, from Frankfort (Franklin Co.). From the description of Papers, 1786-1932. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19490792 From the description of Letters, 1835-1860. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 32410179 John Jordan Crittenden (1787-1863) was born September 10, 1787. He attended the College of William and Mary, graduating in 1807. In 1809 he became the Attorney-General for the Illinois Territory. During the Wa...

Hall, Allan (Allan William), 1957-

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United States. Department of the Treasury

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The Department of the Treasury was created by an act of Congress (1 Stat. 65), approved September 2, 1789. The orginal act established the Department to superintend the manage the National finances. This act charged the Secretary of the Treasury with the preparation of plans for the improvement and management of the revenue and the support of public credit. It further provided that the Secretary should prescribe the forms for keeping and rendering all manner of public accounts and for the ma...

Maynard, Horace, 1814-1882

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Epithet: USA Minister to Turkey British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000135.0x0003a3 U.S. postmaster general, U.S. representative from Tennessee, and diplomat. From the description of Letter of Horace Maynard, 1875. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454422 Tennessee lawyer who served in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1857-1863 and 1866-1875. Served as the Tennessee attorney general, 1863-1865...

Duval, Gabriel

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Philbrook, Edward S.

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