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Contains 25 Results:

Letter, Thomas J. Wharton in Jackson, Miss., to David Burford in Dixon Springs, Tenn., 1853 August 24

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4, item: 21
Identifier: IV
Scope and Contents Note

ALS. 2pp. Concerns the action against the O. D. Johnston estate and request for extension by James Miller.

Dates: 1853 August 24
Found in: Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville / MS-0935, David Burford Papers / Correspondence

Letter, David Burford in Dixon Springs, Tenn., to Thomas J. Wharton in Jackson, Miss., 1855 December 20

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4, item: 23
Identifier: IV
Scope and Contents Note

ALS. 2pp. Demands that Wharton collect the balance due him by James Miller. Burford reprimands Wharton for his delay in this and other matters.

Dates: 1855 December 20
Found in: Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville / MS-0935, David Burford Papers / Correspondence

Letter, Thomas J. Wharton in Jackson, Miss., to David Burford in Dixon Springs, Tenn., 1856 April 15

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4, item: 24
Identifier: IV
Scope and Contents Note

ALS. 2pp. with envelope and enclosure. Wharton sends Burford the amount due him by James Miller out of Wharton's own pocket. Explains that Miller has left the region, so the balance is not collectable.

Dates: 1856 April 15
Found in: Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville / MS-0935, David Burford Papers / Correspondence

Financial account, 1856 April 15

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4, item: 25
Identifier: IV
Scope and Contents Note

D. [enclosed in above]. A financial account of the balance owed Burford by James Miller less 5% service fee as previously agreed.

Dates: 1856 April 15
Found in: Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville / MS-0935, David Burford Papers / Correspondence

Letter, J. T. Swayne in Memphis, Tenn., to David Burford in Dixon Springs, Tenn., 1855 May 7

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4, item: 22
Identifier: IV
Scope and Contents Note

ALS. 2pp. Concerns the purchase of a sixteen-year-old boy for Burford in relation to a debt owed by "Weaver." Explains that the boy was purchased for $425.00 and although he was stricken with rheumatism, he was able to work and was improving in health.

Dates: 1855 May 7
Found in: Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville / MS-0935, David Burford Papers / Correspondence

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