Finding Aid for the Ephraim Hubbard Foster Letter, 1846 October 24
MS-3077University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Collection processed by: Will Dewey, June 25, 2007
Finding Aid written by: Will Dewey, June 25, 2007
Encoded by: Will Dewey, June 25, 2007
Summary Information
Ephraim Hubbard Foster Letter
Date/Date Range : 1846 October 24
0.1 linear feet
Abstract: This collection consists of a letter from Ephraim Foster to his daughter Jane Ellen Foster Cheatham, sent from Nashville on October 24, 1846. The letter discusses his grandchildren's schooling, the Cheatham family, and Ephraim's desire to see his young grandson Robert.
MS-3077
University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
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[Identification of Item], Ephraim Hubbard Foster Letter, MS-3077. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.
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Collection consists of a single folder.
Biography / History
Ephraim Hubbard Foster was born on September 17, 1794 near Bardstown, Kentucky and moved to Nashville, Tennessee with his family as an infant. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1820. For a while he was Andrew Jackson's private secretary. He was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1829 to 1831 and from 1835 to 1837 and served as Speaker during both terms. He served in the U.S. Senate from 1838 to 1839 and again from 1843 to 1845 as a member of the Whig party. He died on September 6, 1854, in Nashville.
Jane Ellen Foster was born to Ephraim Hubbard and Jane Mebane (Lytle) Foster in December of 1821. She was married to Edward Saunders Cheatham (1818-1878), a state legislator, on October 19, 1841 in Henry County, Tennessee. She died on June 20, 1851.
Collection Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of a letter from Ephraim Foster to his daughter Jane Ellen Foster Cheatham, sent from Nashville on October 24, 1846. The letter discusses his grandchildren's schooling, the Cheatham family, and Ephraim's desire to see his young grandson Robert.
Subject Terms
- Foster, Ephraim Hubbard, 1794-1854.
- Foster family.
- Cheatham family.
- Cheatham, Jane Ellen Foster, 1821-1851.
- Nashville (Tenn.) -- History.
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Ephraim H. Foster Letter 1846 October 24 Scope Note: Mrs. Ellen Cheatham
Nashville, Oct 24th 1846
My dear Child,
I fully accord in every word & though expressed in your last, & wish you to convey to Mr. Kelly, in some kind and valuable way. My change of purpose--you may cause her to hear--as you can with great truth--that having waited a long while & hearing nothing from her in reply to Susan's application. I have made other permanent and satisfactory arrangements for the girls, & have them now at school. This will, I am sure, correct her thought & intention if she have, in fact, any design to come here
Mr. J. T. Cheatham kindly promised me, night before last, to write you good husband with the news from your dear brother--This he did I have no doubt; & now Frank will bring you all the printed details we are got proposed of--I got nothing myself from my dear boy; but I look for a letter every mail--He is doing well I am confident--Heaven still preserve him.
Your mother has become sorely distressed--She wept over her child day & night: but she is now composed, & doing very well.
I send you word by Mr. Washington that dear little Robert must be allowed to come over with Doc. Cheatham: but you are such a block-head about your little ones that I hardly dare hope for the gracious favor--Kiss him for me, the little seducer & my love? I constantly think of him. With my best regards to your husband, I am, dearest child, your loving father
Ephraim H. Foster
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