Thomas Jefferson genealogical collection, 1948.

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Thomas Jefferson genealogical collection, 1948.

https://dh.howard.edu/finaid_manu/226/

Correspondence among Pearl M. Graham, Lucy Coles Williams, and Dorothy Porter in 1948 concerning Graham's project, which involved tracing the ancestry of African Americans who claimed to be direct descendants of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, and the acquisition of memorabilia donated by Williams; together with articles about African Americans believed to be descendants of Jefferson, and a photograph of Mary Frances Coles Kenny.

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Graham, Pearl M.

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Williams, Lucy Coles

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Wesley, Dorothy Porter, 1905-1995

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Dorothy Burnett Porter Wesley librarian, curator, and bibliophile, was born on May 25, 1905 in Warrenton, Virginia to physician Hayes Joseph Burnett and tennis player Roberta (“Bertha”) Ball Burnett. Wesley, the eldest of four children, grew up in Montclair, New Jersey. She graduated from Miner Normal School, Washington D.C. in 1925 with the intention of becoming a teacher. Wesley was a library assistant in the Miner Normal School library where she worked with librarian Lula V. Allan who encoura...

Kenny, Mary Frances Coles

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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...

Hemings, Sally ca. 18. Jh.

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