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Collection Overview
| Size | 2 items |
| Abstract | John V. Wright (1828-1908) was a United States representative, 1855-1861, a Confederate colonel and congressman, a Tennessee supreme court judge, and a federal official. The collection is two scrapbooks containing miscellaneous papers, including clippings about and an autobiographical speech by John V. Wright; letters of condolence received at his death by his brother, Confederate General Marcus Joseph Wright; and other family material. |
| Creator | Wright, John Vines, 1828-1908. |
| Language | English |
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Biographical
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John V. Wright (1828-1908) was a United States representative, 1855-1861, a Confederate colonel and congressman, a Tennessee supreme court judge, and a federal official.
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Scope and Content
The collection is two scrapbooks containing miscellaneous papers, including clippings about and an autobiographical speech delivered by John V. Wright entitled "Some Public Men I Have Known," 13 April 1907; letters of condolence received at his death by his brother, Confederate General Marcus Joseph Wright; and other family material.
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John Vines Wright Scrapbooks, 1907-1920.
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Jordan, March 2011
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