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Correspondence. March 5, 1791 - August 3, 1836. Including: Letter from Wyndam Robertson, February 25, 1817. Senator W.C. Rives' letter on his senate speech regarding nullification, March 7, 1833. Letter from James Barbour, May 12, 1834. Letter on land speculation, June 8, 1834, and opportunities in Alabama. Letter on land speculation in Arkansas and Louisiana, November 4, 1835. Letter on land speculation in Texas, and predicting defeat of the Mexican army by fall, August 3, 1836.

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Correspondence, January 17, 1837 - November 10, 1841. Including: John Bradshaw, Middlebury College graduate, letter applying for teaching position in John H. Bernard's academy, May 13, 1841. Letters to and from John H. Bernard, his agents, lawyers, overseers, primarily relating to his Alabama, Arkansas, and Texan lands, 1837-1841.

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Correspondence. March 1, 1842 - November 20, 1843. Including: Letters to and from John H. Bernard regarding his Arkansas, Alabama, and Texan lands, 1842-1843. Printed copy of John C. Calhoun's senate speech on the treaty of Washington, August 1842.

Scope and Contents Correspondence March 9, 1844 - December 28, 1849. Including: Inventory of slaves, stock, tools, and acres planted on Bernard's Greene County, Alabama plantation, March 18, 1844. Letter commenting on migration from Arkansas to Texas, California, and Mexico, January 17, 1845. Letter from General Leslie Combs of Kentucky, November 12, 1845. J.H. Bernard's letter of advice to his son in college, February 15, 1846. Letter on religion and the way to salvation, September 27, 1846. Letter on social...