03276cpcaa2200601 4500 mm 77018333 DLC 20260227111617.0 cr ||||||||||| 770525|||||||||||| eng mm 77018333 ms 71001352 DLC DLC dacs DLC N lcmd Desha, Joseph, 1768-1842. Joseph Desha and John R. Desha papers, 1773-1871 (bulk 1800-1855). 1,900 items. 5 containers. 1.6 linear feet. Open to research. Correspondence, indentures, contracts, deeds, wills, surveyors' notes, bills and receipts containing slavery bills of sale, and newspapers concerning the activities of Desha, a soldier-politician in Kentucky in the early 19th century, and of his son, John R. Desha, a physician. Subjects include the conduct of the War of 1812, including the defense and fall of Washington, D.C., to the British, and the conduct of William Henry Harrison; Kentucky and national politics; and the presidential election of 1816. Other topics include descriptions of South American cities and agricultural and economic affairs in Arkansas. Correspondents include John C. Calhoun, William Henry Harrison, Richard M. Johnson, Amos Kendall, and Joel Roberts Poinsett. Joseph Desha, soldier and politician, and his son, John R. Desha, physician. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007093 Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850 Correspondence. Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841. Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841 Correspondence. Johnson, Richard M. (Richard Mentor), 1781-1850 Correspondence. Kendall, Amos, 1789-1869 Correspondence. Poinsett, Joel Roberts, 1779-1851 Correspondence. United States. Congress. Agriculture Arkansas. Deeds. Medicine Kentucky. Presidents United States Election 1816. Slavery United States. Surveys. Wills. Arkansas Economic conditions. Kentucky Politics and government 1792-1865. South America Description and travel. United States History War of 1812. United States Politics and government 1783-1865. Washington (D.C.) History Capture by the British, 1814. Governors Kentucky. itoamc Physicians. itoamc Representatives, U.S. Congress Kentucky. itoamc Desha, John R., 1804-1878. Joseph Desha and John R. Desha papers. 1773-1871. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007093 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007093.3 39443 39443