Voice of the New West: John G. Jackson, His Life and Times

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Mercer University Press, 1985 - Biography & Autobiography - 262 pages

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The Formative Years
5
The Youthful Legislator
19
From Log Cabin to Clapboard Mansion
37
Jeffersonian Congressman
59
Defender of American Rights
81
An Era of Transition
107
Industrial Entrepreneur and Patriot
127
Wartime Congressman
151
Postwar Congressman
177
The Monongalia Navigation Company
195
Constitutional Reform in Virginia
217
The Final Years
233
Bibliography
255
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