Item 10b: Letter from John C[aldwell]. Calhoun to J. H. Hodges, 1849 July 30
Item — Box: 11, Folder: 10b
Dates
- Created: 1849 July 30
Creator
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Condition Note:
Good.
Measurements:
6 ¾ in. x 4 ⅜ in.
Type of Material:
Letter
Description:
This is a letter from John Caldwell Calhoun to J. H. Hodges on July 30, 1849. In the letter, Calhoun encloses something for the recipient, presumably either an engraving or some other identifiable information in regards to a cousin, John Ewing Colhoun, who was a South Carolina lawyer and member of the United States senate until his death in 1802. John C. Calhoun was born in 1782 and was an American statesman and political theorist. Calhoun attended Yale College and Litchfield Law School which helped him secure positions in Congress and the White House.
Location:
Fort Hill, Pennsylvania
Transcription:
Fort Hill
30th July 1849
Sir,
I return the enclosed. The writer was an eminent lawyer. He died, when a member of the senate of the United States, in 1802. He was my cousin.
Respectfully
J. C. Calhoun
Mr. J. H. Hodges
Creator
Repository Details
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84 W South St.
Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu