Claiborne, J. F. H. (John Francis Hamtramck) 1809-1884 creator mixed material monographic eng 600 1 4 2 1.2 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. Open to research. 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 Historians Representatives, U.S. Congress Claiborne, Willis Herbert, -1869 Garrett, Henry A., 1841-1901 mm 79015883 Open to research. DLC 800605 20260227111654.0 mm 79015883