Title: John Bell Letter

Date/Date Range :   1832 April 20

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:

In an April 20, 1832 letter to Mr. Smith, a bank cashier, John Bell, then serving in the U.S. House of Representatives, writes concerning a debt.

Call number: MS-2224

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

This collection was purchased by Special Collections in March 2004.

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], John Bell Letter, MS-2224. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of a single folder.

Born near Nashville on February 15, 1797, John Bell served as a state senator in 1817, but declined reelection. In 1827, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, a seat that he held through 1841. He served as Speaker of the House for the Twenty-third Congress from 1833-1834, and as Secretary of War under President William Henry Harrison from March 5-September 12, 1841. After a term in the state House of Representatives, Bell was elected as a Whig to the U.S. Senate in 1847, serving until March 3, 1859. He was an unsuccessful candidate for President of the United States on the Constitutional Union ticket in the 1860 election. Bell died at his home on September 10, 1869, and is buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery near Nashville.

In an April 20, 1832 letter to Mr. Smith, a bank cashier, John Bell, then serving in the U.S. House of Representatives, writes concerning a debt.

• Bell, John, 1797-1869.
• Banks and banking -- History.