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George Poindexter
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George Poindexter was an American politician, lawyer, and judge from Mississippi. Born in Virginia, he moved to the Mississippi Territory in 1802. He served as United States Representative from the ne
George Poindexter
George Poindexter, 1808
George Poindexter, 1808
Poindexter offered a $10 reward for the recovery of Jim, who had been trafficked from Kentucky, was "bold and rather impertinent in conversation," and
Poindexter offered a $10 reward for the recovery of Jim, who had been trafficked from Kentucky, was "bold and rather impertinent in conversation," and whose literacy would have enabled him to forge a slave pass (Natchez Gazette, August 4, 1813)
Vintage hateration: this mock lost-and-found advertisement included a canny physical description of Poindexter ("One Cent Reward" Natchez Gazette, Jan
Vintage hateration: this mock lost-and-found advertisement included a canny physical description of Poindexter ("One Cent Reward" Natchez Gazette, January 4, 1815)
Stockley D. Hays
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Stockley Donelson Hays was a 19th-century American lawyer, military officer, and nephew of U.S. president Andrew Jackson. Hays was involved in historically significant events from an early age. As a t
Old Haysborough, on the Cumberland River (Nashville Banner, 1912)
Old Haysborough, on the Cumberland River (Nashville Banner, 1912)
Route of Aaron Burr, 1806–1807 (The American Nation, 1907)
Route of Aaron Burr, 1806–1807 (The American Nation, 1907)
Conjectural image of Burr's expedition (Scribner's Popular History of the United States, 1896)
Conjectural image of Burr's expedition (Scribner's Popular History of the United States, 1896)
During the 1828 presidential election, opponents of Andrew Jackson published a document said to have been found in the papers of Harman Blennerhassett
During the 1828 presidential election, opponents of Andrew Jackson published a document said to have been found in the papers of Harman Blennerhassett, showing "Aaron Burr in account with Andrew Jackson"; W. P. Anderson was Jackson's aide-de-camp, Donelson Caffery was a first cousin of Stockley D. Hays, and W. & J. Jackson were brothers Washington Jackson and James Jackson, merchants of Nashville and Natchez (Republican Banner, Nashville, October 11, 1828)