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David Hubbard papers, 1807-1871.

Hubbard, David, 1792-1874.
240 items.
Tennessee State Library and Archives
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Notes and summaries
Major, War of 1812; Alabama State Senator and Representative; Alabama Representative in the Confederate government; Confederate Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
Papers, predominantly incoming correspondence, of David Hubbard. Includes correspondents such as John C. Calhoun, James K. Polk, D.H. Lewis, Nicholas Biddle, Clement Claiborne Clay, Richard K. Crallé, Ephraim H. Foster, William R. King, Andrew B. Moore, J.A. Nooe, and Henry A. Wise. Topics include land transactions and national as well as Tennessee and Alabama politics. Correspondents frequently mention the national bank, slavery, economic problems of the country, Democratic and Whig politics, the elections of Martin Van Buren, James K. Polk, and Abraham Lincoln, and black Republicanism. Sale of Indian lands in Alabama and Mississippi involving Hubbard's Chickasaw Company in the 1830s and 1840s is also frequently mentioned. Family correspondence features letters of George Campbell Brown, Lizinka Campbell Brown Ewell, Eliza Campbell Hubbard, and Rebecca Stoddert Hubbard. Land records, accounts, and legal documents round out the collection.
Unpublished finding aid in the repository.
Also on microfilm.
Gift; Mrs. C. Hughes Lyon; 1965.
This collection covers:
Hubbard, David, 1792-1874.
Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862.
Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
United States Politics and government 19th century.
Alabama Politics and government To 1865.
Tennessee Politics and government To 1865.
Slavery United States.
Indian land transfers.
Indians of North America Land tenure.
Presidents United States Election 1860.
Presidents United States Election 1836.
Presidents United States Election 1844.
Editors, Translators, and other contributors:
Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850.
Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849.
Lewis, Dixon H. (Dixon Hall), 1802-1848.
Biddle, Nicholas, 1786-1844.
Clay, C. C. (Clement Claiborne), 1816-1882.
Crallé, Richard K. (Richard Kenner), 1800-1864.
Foster, Ephraim Hubbard, 1794-1854.
King, William R. (William Rufus), 1786-1853.
Moore, Andrew Barry, 1807-1873.
Nooe, John Augustine, 1812-1865.
Wise, Henry A. (Henry Alexander), 1806-1876.
Brown, Campbell, 1840-1893.
Ewell, Lizinka Campbell Brown, 1820-1872.
Hubbard, Eliza Campbell, ca. 1811-1844.
Hubbard, Rebecca Stoddert, 1798-1872.
View this collection description in WorldCat.org:
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27089240