Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795-1870
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1795 - 1870
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Edward M. Greenway, Jr. Autograph collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0023
Abstract
Edward McDonald Greenway, Jr. was born in New York in 1820. The collection spans the years 1737 to 1876 and consists of approximately 250 items of correspondence and some legal documents. The correspondents are primarily prominent lawyers, politicians, statesmen, and figures of the Revolutionary War from Maryland.
Dates:
1737-1876
Found in:
Special Collections
John Pendleton Kennedy letter to the National Intelligencer newspaper
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151030118909]
Identifier: MS-0716
Abstract
John Pendleton Kennedy (1795-1870) was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He was a politician (elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1838) and writer with strong ties to the South. This collection includes a public letter which elucidates Kennedy's dialogue as an apologist for slavery on the one hand, and the views of famed anti-slavery activist, Lewis Tappan, on the other. The correspondence was written on March 5, 1850.
Dates:
1850 March 5
Found in:
Special Collections
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