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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

 Collection

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

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)