Jefferson Francis Marion Lee Papers, 1795-1900.

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Jefferson Francis Marion Lee Papers, 1795-1900.

Papers consist of correspondence, 1849-1900, chiefly about land in Jefferson County, Texas, which his wife, Margaret Anderson Lee inherited from his grandfather, Clark Beach; letters from Calla H. Harrison, a missionary to Honolulu, Hawaii Territory in 1895-1896; genealogical letters from a cousin, Sidney Lyon, in 1898-1899, about the Lee and Gard families of New Jersey and Ohio; accounts, 1870-1891; land papers of his grandparents, Peter Lee and Captain Gershom Gard, early settlers of North Bend in the Miami Purchase, and his father Rodney J. Lee of Hamilton County, Ohio, including four deeds from Judge John Cleves Symmes; and Texas land papers, 1852-1890, concerning that land in Jefferson County which Mrs. Lee inherited. Also included are letters, 1849-1860, to David Towbridge of Vevay, Indiana.

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The Filson Historical Society

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Lee family.

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Gard, Gershom.

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Beach, Clark Richard, 1944-

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Gard family.

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Symmes, John Cleves, 1780-1829

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John Cleves Symmes, a native of New Jersey, was the nephew of the noted jurist of the same name. He entered the army in 1802 and was commissioned a captain in the War of 1812. He left military service in 1816 to reside in St. Louis and embark on a brief career of supplying the army and trading with the Fox Indians. Symmes had earlier developed a theory of the earth's formation, following his studies of mathematics and the natural sciences. He began to promulgate his theory of "Concentric Spheres...

Lee, Jefferson Francis Marion, 1834-1912.

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Jefferson Francis Marion Lee, commonly called Frank Lee. According to Lee's death certificate, he was born November 14, 1834. He died November 4, 1912 in Jefferson County, Kentucky. From the description of Jefferson Francis Marion Lee Papers, 1795-1900. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49244768 ...

Trowbridge, David

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Harrison, Calla J.

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