04335cpcaa2200721 4500 mm 79015883 DLC 20260227111654.0 800605|||||||||||| eng mm 79015883 ms 62004550 DLC dacs DLC DLC W lcmd Claiborne, J. F. H. (John Francis Hamtramck), 1809-1884. J.F.H. Claiborne papers, 1818-1885. 600 items. 1 container plus 4 oversize. 2 microfilm reels. 1.2 linear feet. Open to research. Correspondence, diaries, speeches, writings, notes, business records, legal and financial documents, genealogical charts, and other papers relating principally to Democratic Party politics at the state and national level prior to the Civil War, a visit to Washington, D.C. (1824-1825), Claiborne's work as editor of several Democratic newspapers, his role as a member of the U.S. Board of Choctaw commissioners in the settlement of claims by the Choctaw Indians, his service as U.S. timber agent for Louisiana and Mississippi, slave transactions and other business matters as a plantation owner in Adams County, Miss., and personal and family affairs. Includes a diary (1864) of Claiborne's son, Willis Herbert Claiborne, kept while serving with the Army of Tennessee at Missionary Ridge, Tenn., and a diary (1861-1869) of Claiborne's son-in-law, Henry A. Garrett, relating to his service in the Jefferson Davis Legion of the Mississippi Cavalry, to Reconstruction, and to personal and business affairs as a plantation owner in Adams County, Miss. Correspondents include Azel Backus Bacon, Albert Gallatin Brown, William McKendree Gwin, Richard M. Johnson, James B. McRea, John A. Parker, Seargent S. Prentiss, and Robert J. Walker. Microfilm edition available, no. 17,880. Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1980. U.S. representative from Mississippi (1835-1838), editor, and historian. Collection material in English. Brown, Albert Gallatin, 1813-1880 Correspondence. Gwin, William McKendree, 1805-1885 Correspondence. Johnson, Richard M. (Richard Mentor), 1781-1850 Correspondence. Parker, John A. Correspondence. Prentiss, S. S. (Seargent Smith), 1808-1850 Correspondence. Walker, Robert J. (Robert John), 1801-1869 Correspondence. Claiborne family. 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 Adams County. 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. Washington (D.C.) Description and travel. Mississippi Politics and government. Forest policy United States. United States Politics and government 19th century. Bacon, Azel Backus Correspondence. McRea, James B. Correspondence. Editors. itoamc Historians. itoamc Representatives, U.S. Congress Mississippi. itoamc Claiborne, Willis Herbert, -1869. Diary of Willis Herbert Claiborne (1864) Garrett, Henry A., 1841-1901. Diary of Henry A. Garrett (1861-1869) 42162 42162