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Blount, William, 1749-1800
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MssCol 7455
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0.1 linear feet (1 folder)
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William Blount letters to John Sevier, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
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Manuscripts and Archives Division
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Speaker of the North Carolina House of Commons; member North Carolina Senate; United States Congress member; appointed governor of the Tennessee Territory; and United States Senator from Tennessee. Letter of 1796 concerns Jefferson and Burr for President and Vice President and mentions the designation of Benjamin Hawkins as agent to Southern Nations of Indians. Letter of 1797 regards the "line between the Indians and the United States."

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