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

Title
J.F.H. Claiborne papers, 1818-1885 [electronic resource], 1811-1884 1834-1881.
Author
Claiborne, J. F. H. (John Francis Hamtramck), 1809-1884.

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Description
1 online resource (11 manuscripts; 383 items).
Summary
This collection consists of the correspondence, plantation records, writings, and diaries of John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne, a lawyer, Democratic newspaper editor, U.S. representative, plantation owner, and historian. His records include slave transactions and other matters of business on the plantation, as well as information on slavery and the slave trade.
Series Statement
Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 3: The institution of slavery
Uniform Title
Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 3: The institution of slavery.
Subject
  • Claiborne, J. F. H. 1809-1884
  • Confederate States of America. Army of Tennessee
  • Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Cavalry Regiment
  • Democratic Party (U.S.)
  • Choctaw Indians > Claims
  • Forest policy > United States
  • Indians of North America > Government relations
  • Plantations > Mississippi
  • Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
  • Slavery > Mississippi
  • Slave trade > Mississippi
  • Timber > Louisiana
  • Timber > Mississippi
  • Missionary Ridge (Tenn. and Ga.) > History
  • Mississippi > Politics and government
  • Tennessee > History > Civil War, 1861-1865
  • United States > Politics and government > 19th century
Note
  • Reproduction of the original from the Manuscript Division, Library of Congress.
OCLC
  • 822973791
  • galsas3000821
Author
Claiborne, J. F. H. (John Francis Hamtramck), 1809-1884.
Title
J.F.H. Claiborne papers, 1818-1885 [electronic resource], 1811-1884 1834-1881.
Series
Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 3: The institution of slavery
Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 3: The institution of slavery.
Local Note
aImages from the source libraries are selected contents of the original collection materials as representative of their value and pertinence to the digital product.
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