Personal letters of the related Breckenridge, Watts, Allen, Madison, Jackson, Watson, Morris, Gamble, Payne, Washington, Meigs, and Saunders families [manuscript] 1794-1862.

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Personal letters of the related Breckenridge, Watts, Allen, Madison, Jackson, Watson, Morris, Gamble, Payne, Washington, Meigs, and Saunders families [manuscript] 1794-1862.

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Including letters of James Madison, Dolley Madison, James Breckenridge, Robert Breckenridge, William Watts, J.G. Jackson, Edwin Duncan. The letters are written from Baltimore, Md., Kentucky, Florida, Campbell County, Va., Botetourt County, Va., and Roanoke, Va., and contain information on the social and political life of the Old South with some information on the Civil War.

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Madison, Dolley, 1768-1849

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Dolley Madison, the fourth First Lady of the United States, is widely remembered as the most lively of the early First Ladies. As a prominent entertainer and hostess, she helped shape the role of First Lady and served as the model for every future First Lady to come. Dolley Payne was born on May 20, 1768, in Guilford County, North Carolina. She was the fourth of eight children born to John and Mary Payne. The family moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1783. In 1790, Dolley Payne married la...

Breckenridge, Robert Saylor

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Madison, James, 1751-1836

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James Madison (1751-1836) was the fourth president of the United States, born in Port Conway, Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia legislature from 1776 to 1780 and from 1784 to 1786, and the Continental Congress from 1780 to 1783. His proposals at and management of the Constitutional Convention in 1787 earned him title "father of the U.S. Constitution." He cooperated with Alexander Hamilton and Jay in writing a series of papers (pub. 1787-88 under title of The Federalist) explaining the ne...

Watson family.

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Jackson family.

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Payne family.

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Meigs family.

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Watts, William W.

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Hamilton (Martin Co.), N.C. physician. From the description of Papers, 1860-1864. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 39100476 Epithet: Captain British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000979.0x000239 Epithet: Merchant British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000979.0x00023d Epithet: Engraver British ...

Breckenridge, James,

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Jackson, J. G.,

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Watt family.

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Madison family.

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Morris family.

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Saunders family.

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Rugási, Gyula.

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Breckinridge family.

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Washington family.

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Duncan, Edwin,

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Allen family.

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