Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Collection
Found in:
Manuscript Division
Joseph Desha and John R. Desha Papers
Identifier: MSS18333
Abstract
Soldier and politician (Joseph Desha) and physician (John R. Desha). Correspondence, contracts, land records, wills, receipted bills, and newspapers dealing with the War of 1812, Kentucky politics, and national affairs.
Dates
1773-1871; Majority of material found within ( 1800-1855)
Collection
Found in:
Manuscript Division
Feamster Family Papers
Identifier: MSS20321
Abstract
Members of the Feamster (Feemster) family. Diaries, notebooks, correspondence, financial and legal papers, writings, and miscellaneous material illustrating the activities of four interrelated families from 1794 to 1967 whose members were engaged in farming, the law, medicine, the military, politics, religion, and other pursuits in Virginia, West Virginia, Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, Kansas, Iowa, and Maryland. The collection also contains genealogical information about the Cary (Carey),...
Dates
1794-1967; Majority of material found within ( 1813-1946)