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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 90 items) |
Abstract | Robert C. Foster (1818-1871) was a captain in the 1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment, United States Army, during the Mexican War. After the war, Foster was a recorder's judge and lawyer in Nashville, Tenn. The collection includes personal, military, and legal papers of Foster. Included are muster rolls, discharge papers, land warrants for soldiers' services, and personal letters, chiefly 1846-1849, to and from Foster. Many of the letters concern claims, but two include accounts of military actions in Mexico. There also is correspondence with a friend, W.R. Douglas of Bacon College (later incorporated into Transylvania University), Georgetown, Ky., about a love affair of Douglas's in the 1830s. Papers of 1867 are exclusively legal in nature. |
Creator | Foster, Robert C., 1818-1871. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, June 2010
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Robert C. Foster (1818-1871) was a captain in the 1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment, United States Army, during the Mexican War. After the war, Foster was a recorder's judge and lawyer in Nashville, Tenn.
Back to TopThe collection includes personal, military, and legal papers of Robert C. Foster. Included are muster rolls, discharge papers, land warrants for soldiers' services, and personal letters, chiefly 1846-1849, to and from Foster. Many of the letters concern claims, but two include accounts of military actions in Mexico. There also is correspondence with a friend, W.R. Douglas of Bacon College, Georgetown, Ky., about a love affair of Douglas's in the 1830s. Papers of 1867 are exclusively legal in nature.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
Introductory material |
Folder 2 |
Letters, 1837-1839 |
Folder 3 |
Letters, 1846-1847 |
Folder 4 |
Letters, 1848 |
Folder 5 |
Letters, 1849 |
Folder 6 |
Muster rolls |
Business papers, 1846-1849 |
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Folder 7 |
Depositions, circa 1867 |