Correspondence of the Jefferson family [manuscript] 1789-1858.

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Correspondence of the Jefferson family [manuscript] 1789-1858.

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Correspondence, 1822-1858 of Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge [19 items] and correspondence, 1789-1826 of Thomas Jefferson [63] items. Correspondents include Anne Cary Randolph Bankhead, [Joseph Carrington Cabell?], Henry Dearborn, John Wayles Eppes, Maria Jefferson Eppes, [Nathaniel Macon?], Wilson Cary Nicholas, Henry S. Randall, Benjamin Franklin Randolph, Cornelia Jefferson Randolph, Martha Jefferson Randolph, Thomas Mann Randolph, Robert Smith, and Virginia Randolph Trist. Included is a note from Jefferson to grandson-in-law Joseph Coolidge conveying ownership of the desk on which he wrote the Declaration of Independence. In addition to correspondence the collection contains a poem in Jefferson's hand "Last Valentine day when bright Phoebus shone clear," a blank printed invitation card of Jefferson's; an "extract of a letter from Mr. Jefferson" concerning "Thomas's systematic arrangement of Coke upon Lyttleton"; a "Plan for a Botanick garden for a publick school..." in Jefferson's hand; various memoranda, poetry, notes in Jefferson's hand; and plat, drawn by Jefferson, of the sections of land making up his Poplar Forest Estate, Bedford County.

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Poplar Forest (Va.)

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Macon, Nathaniel, 1757-1837

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Nathaniel Macon (December 17, 1757 – June 29, 1837) was an American politician who represented North Carolina in both houses of Congress. He was the fifth Speaker of the House, serving from 1801 to 1807. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1791 to 1815 and a member of the United States Senate from 1815 to 1828. He opposed ratification of the United States Constitution and the Federalist economic policies of Alexander Hamilton. Thomas Jefferson dubbed him "Ultimas R...

Randolph, Thomas M. (Thomas Mann), 1768-1828

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Congressman; governor of Virginia; son-in-law of Thomas Jefferson. From the description of Letters : Washington, D.C., to Dr. William Bache, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1804 February 11 and November 12. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 30793170 U.S. Congressman, 1803-1807; governor of Virginia, 1819-1822; and son-in-law of Thomas Jefferson; from Albemarle Co., Va. From the description of Letters, 1813-1825. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record ...

Eppes, Maria, 1778-1804

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Randall, Henry Stephens, 1811-1876

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Henry Stephens Randall (1811-1876), educator and historian, author of Life of Thomas Jefferson (1858). Hugh Blair Grigsby (1806-1881), newspaper editor, man of letters, and Virginia historian. From the description of Correspondence between Henry Stephens Randall and Hugh Blair Grigsby, 1856-1861. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 228736119 Agriculturalist, educator, politician, and writer. Author of numerous books and articles...

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

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Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was an American statesman and third president of the United States. From the description of Thomas Jefferson letter, 1809. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367818629 Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the third president of the United States, born in Goochland (now Albemarle County), Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1769 to 1775, and with R. H. Lee and Patrick Henry initiated the inter-colonial committee of correspond...

Coolidge, Joseph, 1798-1879

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Trist, Virginia Jefferson Randolph, 1801-1882

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Eppes, John Wayles, 1773-1823

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U.S. senator and representative of Virginia. From the description of John Wayles Eppes correspondence, 1813-1818. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71009909 Member, Virginia House of Delegates, 1801-1803, U.S. House of Delegates, 1803-1811, 1813-1817, and U.S. Senate, 1817-1819; nephew and son-in-law of Thomas Jefferson; from Buckingham Co., Va. From the description of Papers, 1807-1819. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19406188 ...

Nicholas, Wilson Cary, 1757-1820.

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Wilson Cary Nicholas, from Albemarle County, Virginia, fought in the Revolution, and became a politician, serving in the Virginia General Assembly, 1784-89, 1794-1799, as a U.S. senator, 1799-1804, and as a congressman, 1807-1809. He was governor of Virginia from 1814-1816, and a close associate of Jefferson. From the description of Papers, 1800-1805, 1815-1816. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122609119 The son of Robert Carter Nicholas (1728-1780) and Anne Cary Nicholas (173...

Cabell, Joseph C. (Joseph Carrington), 1778-1856

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Public official of Virginia and businessman. From the description of Joseph C. Cabell correspondence, 1853. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452442 Legislator from Virginia. From the description of Joseph C. Cabell papers on the founding of the University of Virginia, 1810-1857. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71067601 Aided Jefferson in founding University of Virginia. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Warminster, to Thomas Je...

Randolph, Cornelia J. (Cornelia Jefferson), 1799-1871

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Bankhead, Anne Cary Randolph, 1791-1826

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Smith, Robert, 1757-1842

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U.S. secretary of the navy and secretary of state and Maryland public official. From the description of Robert Smith correspondence, 1800-1815. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980487 Maryland lawyer and politician, secretary of the navy under Thomas Jefferson and secretary of state under James Madison. Brother of Senator Samuel Smith (1752-1839). From the description of ALsS : to Alexander J. Dallas, 1800-1810. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record i...

Dearborn, Henry, 1751-1829

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Revolutionary officer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Capt. Callenden Irvine, 1803 July 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270529279 Army officer, U.S. Secretary of War, and U.S. representative from Massachusetts. From the description of Papers, 1800-1814. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70972156 Major general, politician, and statesman. From the description of Papers, 1761-1826. (Unknown). WorldCa...

Randolph, Benjamin Franklin, 1808-1871.

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Albemarle County doctor, son of Thomas Mann Randolph. From the description of Leaves from the family Bible of this Albemarle County doctor, son of Thomas Mann Randolph [manuscript] 1834-1896. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647966468 ...

Randolph, Martha Jefferson, 1772-1836

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Daughter of Thomas Jefferson. From the description of Letters to Virginia Jefferson Randolph Trist [manuscript], 1833 October 10 and 23. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647844212 ...

Coolidge, Ellen Wayles Randolph, 1796-1876

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Granddaughter of Thomas Jefferson. From the description of Correspondence of Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge, 1810-1861. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 51207509 ...