Papers of Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter [manuscript] 1788 [1861-67] 1873.

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Papers of Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter [manuscript] 1788 [1861-67] 1873.

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Financial accounts constitute the bulk of the collection. A great many are promissory notes for the hire of slaves. There is also An hymn by S.A.C. Noel? sent to Mary B. Carpenter, and a speech by an unknown candidate for office in 1788.

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Hunter, R. M. T. (Robert Mercer Taliaferro), 1809-1887

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Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (April 21, 1809 – July 18, 1887) was a Virginia lawyer, politician and plantation owner. He was a U.S. Representative (1837–1843, 1845–1847), Speaker of the House (1839–1841), and U.S. Senator (1847–1861). During the American Civil War, Hunter became the Confederate States Secretary of State (1861–1862) and then a Confederate Senator (1862–1865) and critic of President Jefferson Davis. After the war, Hunter failed to win re-election to the U.S. Senate, but did ser...

Carpenter, Mary B. (Mary Bower), 1909-

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Noel, S.A.C.

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