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J. Pinckney Henderson to William H. Wharton, Memucan Hunt, February 11, 1837
J. Pinckney Henderson to William H. Wharton, Memucan Hunt, January 12, 1837
J. Pinckney Henderson to Memucan Hunt, December 31, 1836
Capitol at Washington D.C.-- West viewWatercolor of the United States Capitol, 1839.
Near Pennsylv. Ave. and 7th St. At Washington CityA view of Washington near 7th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW. At the time Center Market was located there; today the National Archives sits on the…
Steamboat Wharf, Washington, D.C.A view of a steamboat wharf in the District of Columbia, likely Georgetown
Pope HouseThe Pope House in Lexington, Kentucky, designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe in 1811.
John Forsyth, Secretary of StateJohn Forsyth, originally from Georgia, served as Secretary of State for Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren.
Journal of Calista Cralle Long; a Diary Record of a Forty-Two Day Journey, Campbell County, Va. to Union County, Ky., Dec., 1836-Jan., 1837Diary describing journey west from Virginia to Kentucky in 1836-37. Long and her family stayed in the same inn in Lexington, Kentucky, as Santa Anna…
Letter, Sam Houston to Lewis CassLetter from Texas President Sam Houston to U.S. Secretary of War Lewis Cass, describing George Washington Hockley's mission of procuring weapons and…