Henry Hawkins letter book, 1807-1824.

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Henry Hawkins letter book, 1807-1824.

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Letter book containing handwritten copies of letters sent 1807-1815 by Henry Hawkins. There are also letters, 1816-1824, by Hawkins's son George, also of Philadelphia, Pa., and an index of correspondents. Letters are to persons in Tennessee, Georgia, and elsewhere concerning the estate of John B. Evans (d. 1805). The estate was comprised of extensive land holdings, plantations, and lead and iron mines in Tennessee, as well as land holdings in Georgia. Most of Henry Hawkins's early letters are to attorneys and intermediaries inquiring as to the progress of collecting debts owed to the estate. Other letters deal with payment of taxes on the estate's land holdings, the sale of farm equipment and King's notes owned by the estate, and attempts to prevent settlers from inhabiting the estate's land. Throughout, Henry Hawkins expressed a desire to bring the settlement of the estate to a close. George Hawkins's letters are similar in subject, although more focused on debt collecting. In some letters, George Hawkins expressed suspicions that some intermediaries entrusted with the sale of estate properties had used the profits for their own personal use. Correspondents include attorneys Charles H. Porter, marshal of the United States for the Eastern district of Tennessee, and John McCampbell, both entrusted with the administration of the estate's properties in Tennessee. Other correspondents from Tennessee include attorneys Jenkin Whiteside and Joseph Anderson, both of whom later became United States Senators. Correspondents from other areas include James A. Bayard (1767-1815), United States Senator from Delaware; Samuel Hughes of Hagerstown, Md.; Josiah Collins of Edenton, N.C.; James Murren of Augusta, Ga.; and Joseph Anthony of New Orleans, La. Intermediaries and others mentioned in the letters include General James Winchester, Samuel Jackson, and Colonel Alexander Outlaw.

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Evans, John B., d. 1805.

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Hughes, Samuel (Justice of the Peace)

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Whiteside, Jenkin, 1772-1822.

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Outlaw, Alexander.

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Porter, Charles H. (Charles Hogeboom), 1834-1903

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Epithet: Knight and Lord Chancellor of Ireland 1686 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000491.0x00021e Epithet: of Add MS 36988 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001197.0x00039e ...

Collins, Josiah, 1768-1839.

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Winchester, James, 1752-1826

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Winchester is best known as the commander of forces decisively defeated at the Battle of the River Raisin a few months after this letter was written. From the description of Letter, 1812. (Kentucky Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 28573378 Army officer. From the description of James Winchester correspondence, 1800-1815. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981396 Brigadier General of the United States Army, 1812-1815. From the description...

Bayard, James A. (James Asheton), 1767-1815

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Biographical Note James A. Bayard 1767, July 28 Born, Philadelphia, Pa. 1784 Graduated, Princeton College, Princeton, N.J. 1788 Admitted to the bar at New Castle, Del., and Philadelphia, Pa. ...

Hawkins, George, fl. 1815-1824.

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Hawkins, Henry, d. 1815.

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Henry Hawkins (d. 1815) was a Philadelphia merchant. From the description of Henry Hawkins letter book, 1807-1824. WorldCat record id: 56619990 Henry Hawkins was a Philadelphia merchant who, upon the death in 1805 of his son-in-law, John B. Evans, was appointed administrator of the Evans estate by Henry Hawkins's daughter, Ann Hawkins Evans. The Evans estate was comprised of extensive land holdings, plantations, and lead and iron mines in Tennessee, as well as land holdings ...

Anderson, Joseph, 1757-1837

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First comptroller of the U.S. Treasury. From the description of Account balances : to Wm. H. Ellis, New Haven, Conn., 1830 Oct. 8 and Dec. 11. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28901017 Congregational minister of the First Church of Waterbury, Conn. From the guide to the Joseph Anderson letter to John Sevier, 1800, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...