Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1791, Aug. 15 | Born, Woodford County, Ky. |
| 1813 | Married Lucretia Edwards |
| 1823 | Member, Missouri legislature Owner, St. Louis Enquirer, supporting Andrew Jackson in presidential election of 1824 |
| 1825-1836 | Owner-editor, United States Telegraph, Washington, D.C. |
| 1827-1832 | Printer to Congress |
| 1828-1830 | Member, “Kitchen Cabinet” of President Andrew Jackson |
| 1836 | Organized Union Potomac Co., Va. Founded the Reformer, Washington, D.C. |
| 1839 | Organized Union Co., Md. |
| 1840 | Founded the Pilot, Baltimore, Md. Established American Land Co., Md. |
| 1840-1844 | Unofficial representative of the United States to England and France |
| 1844 | Established the Republic, New York Appointed consul, Galveston, Tex. |
| 1857 | Published the American Statesman, Washington, D.C. |
| 1861 | Organized Duff Green and Son, Ironworks, Jonesboro, Tenn., and Planters Insurance Trust and Loan Co., Ga. |
| 1861-1865 | Operated iron manufacturing plants for Confederacy during the Civil War and acted as adviser on fiscal and foreign policy to Confederate leaders |
| 1865-1875 | Organized several railroads, including the Sabine & Rio Grande and the Selma, Rome & Dalton |
| 1867 | Organized the Maryland Industrial Agency and the Mississippi American Industrial Agency 1875, June 10 Died, Dalton, Ga. |
| 1875, June 10 | Died, Dalton, Ga. |