Letters, 1837-1839.

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Letters, 1837-1839.

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Letter (1837 May 29) from U.S. Secretary of War Poinsett to Asbury Dickins, Secretary of the Senate, introduces Mr. Haywood and requests that he be given access to certain military records; letter (1839 Dec. 19) from Poinsett to Senator Henry Hubbard returns a letter from a Mr. Haven and declines to "interfere officially with the disbursing officers"; and a letter (n.d.) from Poinsett to Commodore David Porter in Washington (D.C.) requests that Porter forward letters and other items to Poinsett in Charleston (S.C.).

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South Carolina Historical Society

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South Carolina Historical Society

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Dickins, Asbury, 1780-1861

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Secretary of the U.S. Senate in Washington, D.C.; secretary of the Columbian Institute. From the description of Letter : Washington, to Hyde de Neuville, 1819 May 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22194076 Asbury Dickins, civil servant, and other members of the Dickins (Dickens) family. From the description of Asbury Dickins family papers, 1749-1941. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982290 Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867) was an important...

Porter, David, 1780-1843

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David Porter, U.S. naval officer, was born in 1780 and entered the Navy in 1798. He fought in the Tripolitan War and the War of 1812 abd against West Indian pirates. After resigning from the U.S. Navy, he joined the Mexican Navy for three years. He was minister to Constantinople in 1839. From the description of Signed postal cover n.d. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 46403353 From the description of Letter, January 26, 1820. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: ...

Hubbard, Henry, 1784-1857

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Epithet: Reverend; MA British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000866.0x0002ad Epithet: BD, of Emmanuel College, Cambridge; Lady Margaret Preacher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000866.0x0002ac Edward Collingwood was born in Chirton, Northumberland. He was educated at Houghton-le-Spring, and entered Emmanuel College, Camb...

Poinsett, Joel Roberts, 1779-1851

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Charleston and Georgetown, S.C. attorney, plantation owner, and politician. Poinsett served as the U.S. Secretary of War under President Martin Van Buren from 1837 to 1841. From the description of Letters, 1837-1839. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 37522812 U.S. diplomat and secretary of war. An amateur of natural history, he imported and cultivated the Mexican flower named in his honor, and was one of the founders in 1840 of the National Institu...