William Stanhope Foster Papers, 1803, 1818-1839.
Scope and Contents
The papers of William Stanhope Foster include: personal and military correspondence, 1818, 1820-21, 1825-26, 1831-1839; letter books of the United State Army, 4th Infantry Regiment, 1828-1838; military operations journals of the 4th Infantry Regiment, 1837-1838; Army and Navy Chronicle , 1837 (complete), 1838-1839 (sporadic); maps related to the Florida Campaign (Seminole War, second) and Cherokee Removal; survey notice, 1803; slave manifest, 1836; miscellaneous military documents, 1825, 1836-38; newspaper clippings and biographical materials. The collection also includes eight published books. Includes signatures of Zachary Taylor, James Madison and James Monroe. In Box 3.
Dates
- 1803, 1818-1839
Conditions Governing Access
Material is available for research. Prior arrangement MUST be made by contacting the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection at mcclung-archivist@knoxlib.org
Extent
5 boxes
- African Americans Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Army and Navy Chronicle Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cherokee Removal Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Florida Campaign Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Foster, Betty Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Foster, William. S. (William Stanhope), 1790-1839 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Military personnel Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Seminole War Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Slaves Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States Army Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. Army. 4th Infantry Regiment Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- William Stanhope Foster Papers, 1803, 1818-1839.
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection Repository
601 S Gay Street
3rd floor
Knoxville Tennessee 37902 United States
865.215.8814
mcclung-archivist@knoxlib.org
