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Size | About 15 items |
Abstract | David McKendree Key was a lawyer, Confederate officer, United States Senator, United States Postmaster General, and judge of Chattanooga, Tenn. The collection contains a volume titled "Specimens of 'Blind Reading' by Clerks in the Dead Letter Office," containing envelopes with unusual and incorrect addresses; a volume containing handwritten versions of speeches by Key, apparently delivered in the Senate; and microfilm of political, military, and personal correspondence and of additional speeches by Key, originals of which are in the Chattanooga, Tenn., Public Library. |
Creator | Key, David McKendree, 1824-1900. |
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: Kathryn Michaelis, February 2011
This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.
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David McKendree Key was a lawyer, Confederate officer, United States Senator, United States Postmaster General, and judge of Chattanooga, Tenn.
Back to TopThe collection contains a volume titled "Specimens of 'Blind Reading' by Clerks in the Dead Letter Office," containing envelopes with unusual and incorrect addresses; a volume containing handwritten versions of speeches by Key, apparently delivered in the Senate; and microfilm of political, military, and personal correspondence and of additional speeches by Key, originals of which are in the Chattanooga, Tenn., Public Library.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
1862-1865; 1877, 1893 |
Folder 2 |
Volume 1: "Specimens of 'Blind Reading' by Clerks in the Dead Letter Office" |
Folder 3 |
Volume 2: Speeches and miscellaneous other items |
Reel M-2261/1-4
M-2261/1M-2261/2M-2261/3M-2261/4 |
Microfilm |