Jacob Butler Varnum papers, 1811-1888, bulk 1811-1833.

Varnum, Joseph Bradley, 1750 or 1751-1821

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Joseph Bradley Varnum (January 29, 1750/1751 – September 21, 1821) was a U.S. politician of the Democratic-Republican Party from Massachusetts. He served as a U.S. Representative and United States Senator, and held leadership positions in both bodies. Born in Dracut in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, Varnum was the son of farmer, militia officer and local official Samuel Varnum and Mary Prime. He received a limited formal education, but became a self-taught scholar. Varnum became a farmer,...

Graham, George, 1770-1830

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George Graham was born in Dumfries, Va., about 1772, and died in Washington in August, 1830. He graduated from Columbia College in 1790 and studied law. During the War of 1812 he commanded the "Fairfax Light-Horse." During the last two years of Madison's administration and until relieved by Calhoun, he was acting secretary of war. In 1818 he inspected General Lallemande's colonists at Orscaquies Bluffs on Trinity River and induced them to submit to the authority of the United States. He became p...

Pleasonton, Stephen, -1855

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Public official. From the description of Letter of Stephen Pleasonton, 1823. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449384 Born in Delaware, in 1817 appointed Fifth Auditor in the Treasury Dept. and held that appointment until his death in 1855. From the description of Letter, March 24, 1823. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 53882391 ...

Bradley, Hezekiah

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Cutts, Richard, 1771-1845

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U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. From the description of Richard Cutts certificate, 1804 Nov. 5. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70977469 U.S. representative from Massachusetts. From the description of Letter, 1805 Jan. 21. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 70941695 U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1810-1813; Superintendant General of military supplies, 1813-1817; Second Comptroller of the U...

Dias, Joseph Lopes.

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Wheeler, John R., Ph. D.

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Labor leader, of Bangor, Me. From the description of Oral history interview, 1972 Apr. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70955218 ...

Varnum, Jacob Butler, 1788-1874.

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Born in Dracutt, Mass., June 13,1788, son of Joseph B. Varnum; 1811 appointed agent of U.S. Trading House, Sandusky, 0., where he was befriended by The Crane and given name Wab-ache-chock. During War of 1812 Varnum returned to Mass. In 1815 was appointed factor at Chicago where he served until 1822. He was twice married: to Mary Ann Aiken at Mackinac in 1817; and to Catherine Dodemead in Detroit in 1819. From Chicago Varnum went to Washington, and in 1828 to Petersburg, Va., where he remained un...

Kinzie, John Harris, 1803-1865.

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John H. Kinzie, Indian agent and trader, was the son of Chicago pioneer John Kinzie. Before settling in Chicago in 1834, Kinzie served as private secretary to Lewis Cass, territorial governor of Michigan. Later he was an Indian subagent (Prairie du Chien Agency) at Fort Winnebago, Wisc. from 1828-1833. From the description of Life of the honbl. Hoo-wan-nee-kaw or Little Elk, [1912]. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 37824736 ...

Smyth, Richard.

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Mason, John, 1766-1849

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Egerton, Robert

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Varnum, Joseph Bradley, Jr., 1785-1867.

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Irwin, Matthew

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Businessman and merchant, of Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of Journal of Matthew Irwin, 1769-1784. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79455572 ...

Biddle, John, 1789-1859

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Son of Charles and Hannah (Shepard) Biddle, born in Philadelphia, Mar. 2, 1796; died in White Sulphur Springs, Va., Aug. 25, 1859. He married Eliza F. Bradish and they had four children. Biddle attended Princeton College; enlisted 2 lieutenant, 3 Art., July 6, 1812; 1 lieutenant, Mar. 13, 1813; captain 42 Inf., Oct. 1, 1813; asst. insp. general with rank of major, June 19, 1817-June 1, 1821; paymaster and Indian agent, Green Bay, Wis., 1821-22; register of Detroit land office, 1823-37; mayor of ...

Dousman, Michael.

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Forster, Thomas

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Trowbridge, C. C. (Charles Christopher), 1800-1883

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C.C. Trowbridge was born in Albany, New York on December 29, 1800. he entered business and came to Detroit in 1819. A year later he joined Governor Lewis Cass on his exploration of Lake Superior, becoming his private secretary. Trowbridge was secretary to the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan, 1821-1835. He was cashier of Bank of Michigan, 1825-1836; president of Michigan State Bank, 1844-1853; and was secretary and cashier before serving as president of the Oakland & Ottawa Rai...

Adams, John R.

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McKenney, Thomas Loraine, 1785-1859

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Public official, editor, and publisher. From the description of Letter of Thomas Loraine McKenney, 1825. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454524 Thomas Loraine McKenney was Superintendent of the Indian Bureau. From the description of Sketches of a tour to the lakes, 1826. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122632847 Thomas Loraine McKenney, founder of the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, was the author, with James Ha...

Joy, James F. (James Frederick), 1810-1896

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James F. Joy was born in Durham, New Hampshire in December 1810. He was a teacher in a country school before entering Harvard Law School. Joy was an instructor of Latin at Dartmouth College. He came to Detroit in 1836 and was admitted to the Michigan Bar one year later. For many years, beginning in 1837, he was a law partner of George F. Porter, in the firm Joy & Porter. Joy presently became involved in banking matters, and, in about the 1840s, in railroad activities, which were to dominate ...

Peters, George H.

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Brown, William Garrott, 1868-1913

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William Garrott Brown was a historian, biographer, and essayist, of Marion, Alabama, and Cambridge, Massachusetts who graduated from Harvard College in 1891. From the guide to the William Garrott Brown papers, 1898-1917, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University) Brown (1868-1913) taught history at Harvard and served as Deputy Keeper of University Records at Harvard. From the description of Papers of William Garrott Brown, 1898. (Ha...