J.F.H. Claiborne papers, 1818-1885.

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J.F.H. Claiborne papers, 1818-1885.

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Correspondence, diaries, speeches, writings, notes, business records, legal and financial documents, genealogical charts, and other papers relating principally to Democratic Party politics at the state and national level prior to the Civil War, a visit to Washington, D.C. (1824-1825), Claiborne's work as editor of several Democratic newspapers, his role as a member of the U.S. Board of Choctaw commissioners in the settlement of claims by the Choctaw Indians, his service as U.S. timber agent for Louisiana and Mississippi, slave transactions and other business matters as a plantation owner in Adams County, Miss., and personal and family affairs. Correspondents include Azel Backus Bacon, Albert Gallatin Brown, William McKendree Gwin, Richard M. Johnson, James B. McRea, John A. Parker, Seargent S. Prentiss, and Robert J. Walker.

600 items.1 container plus 4 oversize.2 microfilm reels.1.2 linear feet.

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