Samuel Meeker letter to General James Winchester, 1804 December 27

Summary

Creator:

Meeker, Samuel, 1763-1832

Date:

1804 December 27

Extent:

1 folder(s) 1 letter

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Samuel Meeker letter to General James Winchester, ms 1271. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of a letter from Samuel Meeker writing to General James Winchester of Cragfont, Tennessee.

Biographical / historical:

Samuel Meeker was a Philadelphia merchant and militia captain.

James Winchester served as a captain in the Continental Army. After the Revolution, he moved to Tennesee and was active in the government. Nashville in present-day Sumner County. Both moved to the Tennessee country by 1785 and immediately became active in frontier government and military service. In 1802, he built a hom in Cragfont, Tennessee.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Slavery -- United States.
Slaveholders -- United States.
Slave trade -- United States.
Enslaved persons -- Georgia
Slavery.
Slavery -- Georgia -- History.
Correspondence

Names:

Winchester, James, 1752-1826

Preferred citation:

Samuel Meeker letter to General James Winchester, ms 1271. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.