Jessie Benton Frémont letter in defense of Thomas Hart Benton [manuscript], circa 1850-1902.

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Jessie Benton Frémont letter in defense of Thomas Hart Benton [manuscript], circa 1850-1902.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/764636139

Letter from Jessie Benton Frémont, 5 pp, ca. 1850-1902, defending Thomas Hart Benton from the charge of being pro-slavery.

.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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Frémont, Jessie Benton, 1824-1902

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She was born near Lexington, Virginia, the second child of Thomas Hart Benton (1782–1858) and Elizabeth McDowell (1794–1854). She was born in the home of her mother's father, James McDowell. Her father, Senator Benton, had been wanting a son, but went ahead and named her in honor of his father, Jesse Benton. Jessie was raised in Washington, D.C., more in the manner of a 19th century son than daughter, with her father, who was renowned as the "Great Expansionist," seeing to her early education...

Benton, Thomas Hart, 1782-1858

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Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858) was a Missouri Democrat who served as a senator from 1821 to 1851. He opposed both abolitionism and the extension of slavery into new territories, but was a staunch advocate of westward expansion of the United States. He died in 1858. From the guide to the Thomas Hart Benton letter, 1846 May 14, (J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah) Lawyer; Tennessee state senator, 1809-1811; aide-de-camp to Andrew Jackson; colonel of a regiment of ...