Title: J.F.H. Claiborne papers, 1818-1885
Description: This collection consists of the correspondence, plantation records, writings, and diaries of John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne, a lawyer, Democratic newspaper editor, U.S. representative, plantation owner, and historian. His records include slave transactions and other matters of business on the plantation, as well as information on slavery and the slave trade.
Subjects: Choctaw Indians, Claims, Forest policy, Indians of North America, Government relations, Plantations, Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877), Slavery, Slave trade, Timber, History, Politics and government, Confederate States of America. Army of Tennessee, Confederate States of America, Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Cavalry Regiment, Democratic Party (U.S.)
Places: United States, Mississippi, Louisiana, Missionary Ridge (Tenn. and Ga.), Tennessee
People: J. F. H. Claiborne (1809-1884)
Time periods: Civil War, 1861-1865, 19th century