Letter : Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky, to Benjamin Hardin, 1841 May [19].

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...

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Hardin, Benjamin, 1784-1852

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Benjamin Hardin, Jr., was considered one of the foremost Kentucky trial lawyers of his day. Hardin also served four years each in the State House and Senate for Kentucky, and five terms in the United States Congress as a State Representative during the period from 1815 to 1837. He served as Secretary of State in Kentucky from 1844-1847, but was removed from office by Governor William Owsley in a policy dispute over patronage appointments. From the description of Letter, 1835. (Kentuc...

University of Chicago. Library.

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George Musgrave Giger was classics professor at Princeton University, 1850-65. Francis Turretin (1623-1687) was a theologian. From the guide to the Microfilms of a Translation of Franois Turrettin, Institutio Theologiae Elencticae, 20th century (copies of 19th century originals), (Bodleian Library, University of Oxford) ...