Whig Party (U.S.)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Merritt Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: 01/Mss. 39.1 M55
Scope and Contents
Papers (including business and personal correspondence and accounts) of William H.E. Merritt, of Brunswick and Greensville counties, Va. who was a lawyer, member of the Virginia House of Delegates and editor of the "Richmond Whig"and his brothers Dr. Alexander T.B. Merritt of Hicksford, Greensville County,Va. and John F.W. Merritt of Vicksburg, Miss. The collection includes letters, 8 January and 29 March 1857, written by John Minor Botts and accounts of William H.E. Merritt &...
Dates:
1780-1909
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Thomas W. Thomas Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.1 T36
Scope and Contents
Papers, chiefly 1834-1863, of Thomas W. Thomas, soldier, lawyer, and judge of Elberton, GA concerning his law practice and his friendship with US Senator Robert Toombs. His papers primarily concern his various legal cases, but also discuss politics, the Civil War, and other topics sporadically. Included in the collection are papers, 1834-1864, of Drury B. Cade who operated a canal boat on the Savannah River. Items of special interest include letter, 3 April 1842, from John Reeves Jones...
Dates:
1809-1915; Majority of material found in 1834-1863
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
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- Subject: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 X
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- Horses--Virginia 1
- Lawyers--Virginia--Brunswick County 1
- Lawyers--Virginia--Greensville County 1
- Lawyers--Virginia--History 1
- Legal documents 1
- Practice of law--Virginia--History 1
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 1
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Virginia 1
- Savannah River (Ga. and S.C.) 1
- Slavery--Mississippi--History 1
- Slavery--Southern States--History 1
- United States--Antebellum South--History 1
- United States--Economic history 1
- United States--Georgia--History 1
- United States--History--Mexican War, 1845-1848 1
- United States--Judges 1
- United States--Lawyers 1
- United States--Politics and Government 1
- United States--Slavery 1
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