Robert Breckinridge McAfee : papers, 1813-1859.

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Robert Breckinridge McAfee : papers, 1813-1859.

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Papers include the memorandum book and journal of Captain McAfee's Mounted Company, 19 May 1813 to 21 May 1814, describing his service under William H. Harrison and Richard M. Johnson during the War of 1812, orders issued, the campaign into Canada, and the Battle of the Thames; his handwritten narrative of his service in the war from 13 Sept. 1812 to 18 Jan. 1813, and the Battle of the River Raisin; manuscript of McAfee's The History of the Rise and Progress of the First Settlements on Salt River. . . (Lexington, 1816); his 1845 manuscript "The Life and Times of Robert B. McAfee" (typewritten copy also included); and papers of William McAfee regarding commissions, members of the Harrodsburg Presbyterian Church, tax records, and construction of a mill in 1859.

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Johnson, Richard M. (Richard Mentor), 1780-1850

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Richard Mentor Johnson (October 17, 1780 – November 19, 1850) was a politician and the ninth vice president of the United States from 1837 to 1841. He is the only vice president elected by the United States Senate under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment. Johnson also represented Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate; he began and ended his political career in the Kentucky House of Representatives. Johnson was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1806 in the...

McAfee, Robert B. (Robert Breckinridge), 1784-1849

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McAfee was born on Salt River in Mercer County, Kentucky. McAfee's father, also named Robert, was an early settler in that area. The younger McAfee studied at Transylvania Seminary in the 1790s and read law under John Breckinridge. He began his legal practice in his native county and represented the area in the state legislature. McAfee entered the army in the War of 1812 and rose to the rank of captain. In 1807 he married Mary Cardwell. In the 1820s, McAfee entered the state senate before servi...