February 1, 1818

Winchester, James, 1725-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Maria E. Breedlove

Repeats enquiry about her brother and sisters, provides additional news.Written at Cragfont .

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4 March 1818

Campbell, James H., fl. 1818-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Winchester

Reply to Winchester's of the 24th. Campbell discusses artillery command assignments. He writes, "I had reason to of [sic] hoped from the Friendly Attention I had received from the General that my rights privilages [sic] and standing would not be effected [sic] in consequence of my arrest & trial - the General in His last has gave me conclusive evidence that I was not mistaken…"

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5 March 1818

Seaton, Gales P., fl. 1818

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Winchester

The office has published Winchester's sixth number, and has received the eighth, but is missing the seventh and would like Winchester to supply a copy.

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4 May 1818

Winchester, Susanah, 1818-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Maria Breedlove

Mrs. Winchester is happy that her daughters and her new granddaughter are well. She sympathizes with Maria's domestic difficulties, occasioned by "grumbling servants of colour and newly imported German girls," but says that "without pain trouble and anxiety families cannot be raised…" She concludes with news of family and neighbors.

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28 March 1819

Winchester, Susanah, 1818-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Maria Breedlove

Received Maria's letter and presents. Sends news of Maria's brothers and sisters. Written at Cragfont.

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24 April 1819

Winchester, James, 1725-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John C. Calhoun

Winchester will delay running the Chickasaw line until after the treaty with the Chickasaw nation has been concluded.

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11 May 1819

Winchester, James, 1725-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Maria Breedlove

Writes regarding plans to lay out new town. Written 30 miles above Chicksaw Bluff on the Mississippi River

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June 6, 1819

Bruton, J., fl. 1819

Autograph document signed

Title: [James Winchester's bill]]

James Winchester's bill for setting south boundary of the State of Tennessee.

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July 1819

Blackmore, Reuben, fl. 1819

Autograph document signed

Title: to Reuben Blackmore

Bill for payment to Reuben Blackmore, chain carrier on surveying project forouth boundary of Tennessee. Docketed by Blackmore.

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25 October 1819

Winchester, Susan, 1819-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Maria Breedlove

Reply to letters of Maria and her husband. Mrs. Winchester is happy that they and the new baby are well, but is anxious about the unhealthy conditions in New Orleans. Written at Cragfont .

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25 October 1819

Winchester, James, 1725-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John C. Calhoun

Complaints of the Chickasaw chiefs regarding the recent establishment of the Tennessee state line. Winchester lists their major complaints, which he then answers.

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8 November 1819

Winchester, James, 1725-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Breedlove

Winchester writes regarding the settlement of Memphis, Tennessee. Written at Cragfont .

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1 January 1820

Winchester, James, 1725-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Maria Breedlove

Apology for not writing sooner. Plans for Maria's visiting her parents with her children. News of family and neighbors. Written at Cragfont .

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February 13, 1820

Winchester, Susan, 1819-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Maria Breedlove

Thanks for letter, apology for not answering sooner. "You know my daughter my misfortune, to be entirely without education, else your letters should never remain a week unanswered." Sends family news, plans to visit in the coming summer if possible. Written at Cragfont

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27 June 1822

Winchester, James, 1725-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to David Winchester

Writes regarding court case in which David Winchester is currently involved. He encloses documents for David to complete, and hopes for a favorable settlement. He conveys greetings from family and acquaintances. He ends with a discussion of the prospects of war in Europe: "We here, like you in Baltimore, look forward to the event of a war in Europe with pleasure, you because it will enlarge the field for enterprize [sic] and we because we think it will excite a demand for our surplus produce, but these are unworthy motives we should not rejoice at so great a calamity on our fellow man for any…

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January 24, 1826

Overton, William, 1826-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Winchester

Encloses a letter from William Lawrence, with a proposal for publication he thinks worthy of consideration. Would like the General's opinion on the subject.

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23 November 1829

Smith, Thomas, fl. 1829

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Winchester

pamphlet, newspaper publication

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1830

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Autograph document signed

Title: [Unused bill of sale]

Unused bill of sale for parcel of land in Memphis.

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6 October 1832

Quigerly, Jacob, fl. 1832

Autograph document signed

Title: [State of Kentucky Court of Appeals]

Certification: J. Wrightman Smith permitted to practice as a counselor and attorney.

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26 March 1833

Winchester, Lucilius, 1833-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James W. Breedlove

Statement of Mr. Breedlove's account

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10 November 1838

Cassedy, Charles, 1838-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Maria Breedlove

Cassedy is currently writing a biography of Mrs. Breedlove's father, James Winchester. He asks Mrs. Breedlove to have an engraving of her father made as a frontispiece for the book, which should be "as faithful to the truth of the countenance as the book itself will be to the character of the man." He expects that the upcoming presidential race will excite political controversy, and thus make the biography very popular Written at Cragfont

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13 June 1839

Cassedy, Charles, 1838-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James W. Breedlove

Written on the occasion of Breedlove's retirement from office. Cassedy does not believe current newspaper reports regarding Breedlove's mishandling of funds. He writes: "The allegation … is probably intended to affect the popular tide of the next Presidential Election: nothing is too base and unprincipled for the instrumentality of faction…" Written near Gallatin, Tennessee.

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1 August 1850

Smith, Urilda, fl. 1850

Autograph document signed

Title: [Receipt for funeral transactions]

Receipt for transactions involving shipment of husband's body.

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25 November 1861

Smith, Asa, fl. 1861-1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to mother

to mother [Ann Smith] He notes the arrival of three regiments, saying that it appears there is going to be a fight and implying that Yorktown will be hurt by the Union's forces. He describes how troops from Delaware caught a Confederate soldier, and also captured six more Confederates nearby. He tells of an altercation between the Massachusetts 16th and the New York 20th, a largely German unit. The New York 20th men attacked a Massachusetts 16th soldier one day, which resulted in a huge brawl where the New York 20th got the worse of it. He tells about giving up their meals to a cavalry unit…

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17 November 1861

Smith, Asa, fl. 1861-1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to sister

He writes that he heard southern regiments mutinied by Norfolk when they were not allowed to go to the defense of their states and said they would only fight under "the stars and stripes." A hard-of-hearing Union sergeant was accidentally shot by his own sentry when he failed to respond to the cry. He hopes he will be ordered to Beaufort. He reports that German scouts saw "2000 rebels" nearby and says if the Confederates attack Newport News, "they will get awfully whipped." The chaplain saw Senators Mason and Slidell. The men badly need new pants. Smith received letters from Wallace and…

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