Samuel H. Laughlin Diary and Letter, 1844-1845

Samuel H. Laughlin Diary and Letter, 1844-1845

The Samuel H. Laughlin Diary and Letter, held by the Archives of Appalachia at East Tennessee State University, consists of a photocopy of "A Diary of Public events, and Notices of my Life and family - and, Of my private transactions, including Studies, Travels, Readings, Correspondence, business, Anecdotes, Miscellaneous memoranda of men, Literature & c. From January 1st. 1845 to ____ and Sketch of my Life from Infancy" by Samuel Hervey Laughlin. Appended is genealogical material on the Argo family. In addition, there is a photocopy of one letter dated April 20, 1844 from Laughlin to Major W. J. Whitthorne of Shelbyville, Tennessee which discusses Tennessee politics, the Native American Party, and nativism in American politics. The current digital collection includes surrogates of all the collection's content, combined into a single pdf file.

Laughlin, Samuel Hervey, 1796-1850 (Person)

Samuel H. Laughlin Diary and Letter, Archives of Appalachia, East Tennessee State University

1844-1845

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