Gwathmey family : added papers, 1780-1888.

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Gwathmey family : added papers, 1780-1888.

Includes land papers concerning property of the Clark, Gwathmey, and Anderson families; letters from William Clark about financial affairs of George Rogers Clark, the fur trade, and Indian trouble; a letter from Thomas T. Crittenden about appointees to a judgeship; and a copy of the 17 July 1888 Congressional Record reporting on a bill to erect a monument in honor of George Rogers Clark.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7604003

The Filson Historical Society

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Crittenden, Thomas T., 1788-1832

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Gwathmey, Isaac Robertson.

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Clark family.

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Gwathmey, Samuel, 1778-1850.

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Clark, George Rogers, 1752-1818

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Surveyor; noted Indian fighter in the American midwest in the latter half of the 18th century. From the description of Documents, 1778-1818. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 28287330 American Revolutionary Colonel in the Old Northwest. Clark first came to Detroit from Cleveland in 1817, and was followed by his parents in a commercial fisherman and deputy collector of customs in China, Mich. (from M.P.C., I, 501-507: Clark's "Recollections".) (blue ...

Anderson, Richard Clough, 1788-1826

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Lawyer, diplomat, and U.S. representative from Kentucky. From the description of Richard Clough Anderson papers, 1803-circa 1834. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449737 Richard Clough Anderson, statesman and diplomat, was born in Louisville, Ky., to Richard Clough Anderson (1750-1826), a Virginia Revolutionary officer, and Elizabeth Clark, sister of George Rogers Clark. After studying law under St. George Tucker, he opened a practice in Louisville. He held a seat in the sta...

Clark, William, 1770-1838

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Explorer, governor of the Territory of Missouri, army officer, and the U.S. superintendent of Indian Affairs. From the description of William Clark papers, 1816-1818. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452648 Explorer. From the description of [Codicil to will] 1837. (Denver Museum of Nature & Science). WorldCat record id: 29305311 Army officer best known for partnership in the Lewis and Clark expedition. In 1794, he was Lieutenant in the 4th sub-legion...

Gwathmey family.

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Prominent Kentucky and Jeffersonville, Indiana family. From the description of Gwathmey family : added papers, 1780-1888. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49252873 ...

Ashley, William Henry, 1778-1838

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William Smith was a judge, lawyer, and military man in Missouri. From the guide to the William Smith certificate of appointment, 1824, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) American fur trader, explorer, and U.S. Congressman, 1831-37. From the guide to the William Henry Ashley letters, 1828, 1836, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...