Chenoweth-Perry family : Papers, 1811-1835 1818-1850.

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Chenoweth-Perry family : Papers, 1811-1835 1818-1850.

The collection contains letters, regarding genealogy, financial items, including the sale of the property of John Chenowethon 1 Oct. 1846 with a list of items sold. Legal records are mainly property sales. Also included are land grants for military service from 1825 to 1852. One is signed by Andrew Jackson, another by John Quincy Adams. Addtionally, there are pharmaceutical receipts, an 1818 militia appointment, a genealogical chart and a poem, "Lily of the West."

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SNAC Resource ID: 7565836

The Filson Historical Society

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