TY  - GEN
AU  - Desha,Joseph
AU  - Desha,John R.
TI  - Joseph Desha and John R. Desha papers,
KW  - Calhoun, John C.
KW  - Harrison, William Henry,
KW  - Johnson, Richard M.
KW  - Kendall, Amos,
KW  - Poinsett, Joel Roberts,
KW  - United States
KW  - Congress
KW  - Agriculture
KW  - Arkansas
KW  - Deeds
KW  - Medicine
KW  - Kentucky
KW  - Presidents
KW  - Election
KW  - 1816
KW  - Slavery
KW  - Surveys
KW  - Wills
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1792-1865
KW  - South America
KW  - Description and travel
KW  - History
KW  - War of 1812
KW  - 1783-1865
KW  - Washington (D.C.)
KW  - Capture by the British, 1814
KW  - Governors
KW  - itoamc
KW  - Physicians
KW  - Representatives, U.S. Congress
N1  - Open to research
N2  - 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
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007093
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007093.3
ER  -