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Mercer County (W. Va.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Alfred Beckley (1802-1888) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1563
Scope and Contents

Correspondence of General Alfred Beckley and his wife Emily Craig. Several of the letters are by Beckley's mother from Lexington, Kentucky and comment on the Presidential election of 1832 in that state, the reception of President Jackson's in Lexington, 1832 the Cholera scourge, and local social affairs. The rest of the letters are concerned with family matters.

Dates: 1832-1856