George Denison Prentice : papers, 1851-1862.

Curtis, Samuel Ryan, 1805-1866

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Born near Champlain, New York, Curtis graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1831. He was stationed at Fort Gibson in the Indian Territories (present-day Oklahoma) before resigning from the Army in 1832. He moved to Ohio, where he worked as a civil engineer on the Muskingum River improvement projects and also became a lawyer in 1841. During the Mexican–American War, he was appointed colonel of the 2nd Regiment of Ohio Volunteers and served as military governor of several occupied c...

Clay, Henry, 1777-1852

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Henry Clay Sr. (April 12, 1777 – June 29, 1852) was an American attorney and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the Senate and House. He was the seventh House speaker and the ninth secretary of state. He received electoral votes for president in the 1824, 1832, and 1844 presidential elections. He also helped found both the National Republican Party and the Whig Party. For his role in defusing sectional crises, he earned the appellation of the "Great Compromiser" and was part of the "Grea...

Volk, Leonard Wells, 1828-1895

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Leonard Wells Volk (1828-1895) was an American sculptor. Born November 7, 1828 in Wellstown (now Wells), New York, he was one of twelve children of Garrett and Elizabeth Gesner Volk. At sixteen he began work as a marble cutter in his father's shop in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Four years later, in 1848, he went to St. Louis, Missouri, where he opened a studio and studied drawing and modeling independent of formal instruction. Stephen A. Douglas, a cousin of Volk's wife, became inter...

O'Fallon, John, 1791-1865

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Soldier from Ky., and businessman of St. Louis, Mo. From the description of John O'Fallon : papers, 1809-1850. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49307164 Philanthropist. Served as a second lieutenant and captain in the War of 1812, and as acting assistant adjutant general at Camp Meigs, Ohio. Was later president of the United States Branch Bank at St. Louis and President of the Mississippi and Ohio Railroad. Contributor to O'Fallon Polytechnical Institute...

Geyer, Henry S. (Henry Sheffie), 1790-1859

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American jurist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to Rev. Dr. Hutchenson, 1853 Dec. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269587219 ...

Clark, Meriwether Lewis, 1809-1881.

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Meriwether Lewis Clark (1809-1881), eldest son of Gen. William Clark. His other sons were George R. H. Clark and Jefferson Kennerly Clark. From the description of Petition of Meriwether Lewis Clark and George R. H. Clark to the Circuit Court of St. Louis, concerning the partitioning of lands in the estate of William Clark 1839 Oct 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702135841 U.S. Army and Confederate Army officer, businessman. From the description of Meriwether L...

Waugh, Alfred S., -1856

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Prentice, George D. (George Denison), 1802-1870

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Journalist. From the description of Letters of George D. Prentice, 1831-1850. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449431 In 1830 Prentice founded the Louisville Journal which he edited until 1868. From the description of Prentice, George D. (George Denison), 1802-1870. Letter. 11 February 1855. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 56781394 From the description of Prentice, George D. (George Denison), 1802-1870 Poem. September 1848. (Filson ...

De Franca, Manuel, 1808-1865.

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