Mark R. Cheathem

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Project director and co-editor Mark R. Cheathem is a professor of history at Cumberland University. He is the author or editor of seven books and several articles on the Jacksonian and Civil War eras. Of note, Andrew Jackson and the Rise of the Democratic Party (2018) focuses specifically on the development of the Democratic party, while The Coming of Democracy: Presidential Campaigning in the Age of Jackson (2018) examines presidential elections between 1824 and 1840, including Van Buren’s involvement in his and Andrew Jackson’s campaigns during these five elections. He is currently working on a study of the 1844 presidential election.

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The following is a list of published documents on which I have completed at least one of the following editorial steps: transcription, verification, or annotation. More documents will be made available to view after they have gone through the full editorial process.

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William Peter Van Ness to MVB, 18 January 1810

On my arrival here I found Mrs Van Ness ill with a sore throat & fever. She continues still so unwell, that I fear it will not be in my power to leave town so early as tuesday, which was my intention when I left you.

Enos Thompson Throop to MVB, 22 September 1811

Caleb Cornell

To.

Joseph Wright of the

City of New York.

MVB to John Sudam, 25 November 1811

Your Communication has been handed to me by Mr Morell he is authorised to make arrangements contemplated & [. . .]

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MVB to Isaac Stoutenburgh Hone et al., 4 May 1837

I have bestowed on your communication the attentive consideration which is due to the opinions, wishes, and interests of the respectable portion of my fellow citizens in whose behalf you act.

MVB to Francis Stebbins, 29 August 1811

In your paper of the 23d. Inst. you state that I am the author of a communication under the Signature of Benjamin Birdsail Junr Esquire which appeared in the Bee of the same date. [. .

Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer to MVB, 24 August 1811

At the time, when I addressed the People of the Manor of Livingston and offered a deposit of Five hundred dollars to become yours in the event of my not substantiating the charge then made against you, I expressly limited the time within which the prosecution was to be commenced, that time has long since expired, and altho’ I entertain no doubt as to the result of an...

John Jacob Astor to MVB, Thomas Jackson Oakley, and Nathan Williams, 16 January 1819

I had the pleasure to receive your letter of 9th inst. in which you desire to be informed of the terms on which I am willing to compromise with the state for my claim on the lands in which Roger Morris and his wife had a life estate.

MVB and A. McIntyre, Report on the petition of William Giles, 2 March 1816

The attorney-general and comptroller, to whom was referred the petition of William Giles, reported as follows, to wit:

Christopher Gore to James Maury, 5 September 1802

Mr King having left the affairs of his mission in my charge during his absence, I take the liberty of answering your letter to him, under date the <8>th instant.

Aaron Burr to MVB, c31 January 1815 to c25 March 1815

A friend of Mr Ely called yesterday to inform me that the Bill which he had intended to bring into the H of A. for my benefit had been indefinitely postponed by your advice. No doubt you may have very good and very friendly reasons for this advice; but I should have taken it very kind if they had been first imparted to me.

Samuel Young to James Kent, c11 November 1814

I HAVE recently observed in the Albany Gazette, your objections, as a member of the Council of Revision, to several of the laws passed at the last session of the Legislature.

MVB, Counsel for James Jackson ex dem. Abraham I. Salisbury v. Nicholas Fish and Matthew McNair, 1814

Supreme Court

James Jackson ex

dem. Abrm. I Salisbury

Nicholas Fish &

Matthew Mc Nair

Brief for Trial Onondago circuit

Deduction of Sale

Ist. Pattent to Caleb Cornwall for Lot No. 6 in Hanibal Onondago County

MVB and Simeon DeWitt, Report on the petitions of Robert McQueen, John McDonald, and Archibald McIntyre, 5 February 1817

A communication from the Surveyor-General and Attorney-General was read, and is in the words following, to wit:

Daniel D. Tompkins, Reply to the New York senate, 5 October 1814

The enlightened view which the Senate has taken of the great events which have lately transpired, and of their probable influence upon the interest and destiny of the United States, displays wisdom and patriotism, worthy of that dignified body.

MVB and Archibald McIntyre, Report on memorial of John Ballard and Asabel Minor, 20 February 1817

The attorney-general and comptroller, to whom was referred the memorial ofJohn Ballard and Asahel Minor, reported as follows, to wit:

"An act to encourage privateering associations," 21 October 1814

AN ACT to encourage Privateering Associations.

"An act to authorize the raising of troops for the defence of this state," 24 October 1814

AN ACT

To Authorise the Raising of Troops for the Defense of this State.

"An act to authorize the raising of two regiments of men of color," 24 October 1814

AN ACT to authorise the raising of two regiments of men of colour.

"An act authorizing additional pay to be made to the volunteers and for paying the militia called into service by the state authority," 21 October 1814

AN ACT authorising additional pay to be made to the volunteers, and for paying the militia called into service by the state authority.

The Papers of Martin Van Buren

Mark R. Cheathem

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