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The\n         collection chiefly revolves around \n          Robert Houston McEwen (1790-1868) and his\n         wife \n          Henrietta \"Hetty\" Montgomery Kennedy\n         McEwen (1796-1881).","Robert H. McEwen 's and \n          Hetty Kennedy 's families moved from \n          Washington County, Virginia to the \n          Tennessee territory in the late eighteenth\n         century. His father, a surgeon in the \n          Continental Army during the Revolutionary\n         War, died when Robert was quite young, so that Robert was\n         reared by his mother and became very close to her family, the \n          Houston Family . Hetty was the daughter of \n          Robert Campbell Kennedy , who pioneered in\n          Tennessee 's \n          Lincoln County . Kennedy became a very\n         prosperous farmer and miller, and a good friend of \n          Andrew Jackson . Both \n          Robert McEwen and \n          Hetty Kennedy 's older brother \n          William Kennedy joined the \n          United States Army to fight in the Creek\n         War Campaign of the War of 1812. They participated in the\n         Battle of \n          Horseshoe Bend , and McEwen, a lieutenant,\n         drew a map of the battle the morning after their victory (the\n         original is preserved in the \n          Library of Congress ).","After they were mustered out in May 1814, McEwen visited\n         Kennedy at his family's home and there met his friend's\n         younger sister Hetty. McEwen and \n          Hetty Kennedy were married the next year\n         and set up housekeeping in \n          Fayetteville, Tennessee , where McEwen\n         owned a dry goods store, among whose customers were many\n         members of the Cherokee nation. In 1828 the McEwens moved to \n          Nashville, Tennessee in order to provide\n         their children with better schooling and more cultural\n         activities. The couple had ten children, seven of whom lived\n         past infancy. In \n          Nashville , McEwen opened another dry\n         goods store which proved very successful. In 1836 the \n          Tennessee State Legislature elected him\n         Superintendent of Public Schools, a position he held for four\n         years. After he left government service, he ran the collection\n         service for \n          Eastern Merchants, Brokers, and\n         Bankers for the rest of his working life.","The McEwens were a well-known and prosperous family; their\n         sons went to college and their daughters married professional\n         men. Their youngest daughter \n          \"Kitty\" McEwen was sent on trips north and\n         then to \n          Europe for her health. She met a young\n         physician, \n          John Scott Coleman , from \n          Augusta, Georgia , in the party on this\n         tour; they were subsequently married in 1867. Dr. and Mrs.\n         Coleman were the parents of \n          Warren Coleman , the donor.","The family was also known for its piety and patriotism.\n         They were devout Presbyterians, with McEwen serving as an\n         elder for thirty years. Politically they were \n          Whigs who despised the \n          Democratic party . Although they had\n         African-American servants they vehemently opposed the breakup\n         of the Union in the 1860s. Throughout the war \n          Hetty McEwen insisted on flying a\n         hand-made Union flag from her roof. After Union troops\n         captured the city in 1862, her flag was replaced by a silk\n         flag given by the Federal Commander in respect for her\n         bravery. In the postwar period this incident became part of\n         local legend and poems were written to commemorate \"Hetty's\n         brave deed.\"","The McEwen offspring grew up to found long-lived and\n         similarly prosperous families who revered their ancestors and\n         cared for the family heirlooms. Many of the family treasures\n         had come to \n          Kitty McEwen Coleman , who willed them to\n         her son Warren when she died in 1929. At that time the McEwen\n         descendents, led by Dr. Coleman, collectively decided that\n         their family papers and heirlooms of historical interest\n         should be made accessible to the public and donated them to\n         various archives and museums. Among the most interesting were\n         the original map of the Battle of \n          Horseshoe Bend , and several items\n         pertaining to the War of \n          Texas Independence (including General \n          Santa Anna 's jewelled saddle) given to \n          Robert McEwen by his first cousin \n          Sam Houston .","The collection is valuable for the light it sheds on\n         pioneer and early nineteenth century life in the upper South.\n         The folders of letters and memoirs are probably the most\n         interesting and entertaining items, detailing domestic and\n         social life, and the genealogical materials also record family\n         and thus local history of \n          Nashville and its residents. The travel\n         journal kept by \n          Kitty McEwen Coleman on her 1859 European\n         tour is an excellent source for European as well as American\n         social history, and the account of the voyage home is more\n         harrowing than fiction could be.","All pertains to the distribution of McEwen family\n               heirlooms; correspondence with \n                Princeton University , \n                William and Mary , \n                Library of Congress , \n                Tennessee Historical Society ; two\n               letters with signature of \n                Archibald MacLeish , six letters\n               from \n                Andrew Jackson Houston , a U.S.\n               Senator and son of \n                Sam Houston .","Of interest are several letters from \n                Robert McEwen to \n                Hetty McEwen written during business\n               trips in the 1810s and 1820s; letters from various\n               relatives and friends to Hetty and her daughters during\n               the 1820s and 1830s. A letter from \n                A.E. McEwen to \n                Robert McEwen in October 1856\n               discusses sale of a slave and the possible victory of \n                James Buchanan in the upcoming\n               election. Several letters between \n                Kitty McEwen and her father \n                Robert McEwen during her trip north\n               in 1858; those of April 26 and 29, 1858 describe\n               northern cities.","Most of the letters are probably addressed to \n                Kitty McEwen Coleman . \n                Hetty McEwen 's great age have made\n               her eyesight and dexterity deteriorate and letters are\n               very difficult to decipher. They deal with general\n               family and local Nashville news.","Several versions of the \n                McEwen Family history, a history of\n               the \n                Edmistons , papers concerning other\n               relatives; photostat copies of three letters to\n               Brigadier General \n                John Twiggs , an American officer in\n               the Revolutionary War from other officers, including\n               General \n                Nathanial Greene , and papers\n               concerning the \n                Twiggs family .","Articles referring to \n                Mrs. Hetty McEwen and the Union flag\n               episode in 1862, other family members, obituaries, the\n               McEwen ancestors' actions in the Battle of \n                King's Mountain ; and original\n               newspaper articles from several American cities and a\n               newspaper from Paris bought during the 1859 European\n               tour.","Pamphlets from \n                Princeton Library , the \n                Smithsonian Institution , the \n                Library of Congress , and\n               information on \n                Samuel Houston .","Photographs of Mr. and Mrs. \n                Robert McEwen , Mrs. \n                Robert (Hetty) McEwen alone, \n                Kitty McEwen , \n                Mary McEwen , and a group including \n                Kitty McEwen .","Created by Mrs. \n                James Lindsay Coleman , probably\n               paternal grandmother of \n                Warren Coleman . The journal holds\n               an account of a trip to \n                Great Britain in the 1850s, recipes\n               and also records the births and ages of slaves.","Includes fascinating descriptions of \n                London 's \n                Crystal Palace , \n                Wales , \n                Dublin , \n                Edinburgh and \n                Paris ; and an account of an\n               eventful sea voyage home.","See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. Library. 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The\n         collection chiefly revolves around \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Houston McEwen\u003c/persname\u003e(1790-1868) and his\n         wife \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHenrietta \"Hetty\" Montgomery Kennedy\n         McEwen\u003c/persname\u003e(1796-1881).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eRobert H. McEwen\u003c/persname\u003e's and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHetty Kennedy\u003c/persname\u003e's families moved from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003eto the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eTennessee\u003c/geogname\u003eterritory in the late eighteenth\n         century. His father, a surgeon in the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eContinental Army\u003c/corpname\u003eduring the Revolutionary\n         War, died when Robert was quite young, so that Robert was\n         reared by his mother and became very close to her family, the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eHouston Family\u003c/famname\u003e. Hetty was the daughter of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Campbell Kennedy\u003c/persname\u003e, who pioneered in\n         \u003cgeogname\u003eTennessee\u003c/geogname\u003e's \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLincoln County\u003c/geogname\u003e. Kennedy became a very\n         prosperous farmer and miller, and a good friend of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAndrew Jackson\u003c/persname\u003e. Both \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRobert McEwen\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHetty Kennedy\u003c/persname\u003e's older brother \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Kennedy\u003c/persname\u003ejoined the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUnited States Army\u003c/corpname\u003eto fight in the Creek\n         War Campaign of the War of 1812. They participated in the\n         Battle of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eHorseshoe Bend\u003c/geogname\u003e, and McEwen, a lieutenant,\n         drew a map of the battle the morning after their victory (the\n         original is preserved in the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eLibrary of Congress\u003c/corpname\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter they were mustered out in May 1814, McEwen visited\n         Kennedy at his family's home and there met his friend's\n         younger sister Hetty. McEwen and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHetty Kennedy\u003c/persname\u003ewere married the next year\n         and set up housekeeping in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFayetteville, Tennessee\u003c/geogname\u003e, where McEwen\n         owned a dry goods store, among whose customers were many\n         members of the Cherokee nation. In 1828 the McEwens moved to \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eNashville, Tennessee\u003c/corpname\u003ein order to provide\n         their children with better schooling and more cultural\n         activities. The couple had ten children, seven of whom lived\n         past infancy. In \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNashville\u003c/geogname\u003e, McEwen opened another dry\n         goods store which proved very successful. In 1836 the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eTennessee State Legislature\u003c/corpname\u003eelected him\n         Superintendent of Public Schools, a position he held for four\n         years. After he left government service, he ran the collection\n         service for \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eEastern Merchants, Brokers, and\n         Bankers\u003c/corpname\u003efor the rest of his working life.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe McEwens were a well-known and prosperous family; their\n         sons went to college and their daughters married professional\n         men. Their youngest daughter \n         \u003cpersname\u003e\"Kitty\" McEwen\u003c/persname\u003ewas sent on trips north and\n         then to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003efor her health. She met a young\n         physician, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Scott Coleman\u003c/persname\u003e, from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAugusta, Georgia\u003c/geogname\u003e, in the party on this\n         tour; they were subsequently married in 1867. Dr. and Mrs.\n         Coleman were the parents of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWarren Coleman\u003c/persname\u003e, the donor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe family was also known for its piety and patriotism.\n         They were devout Presbyterians, with McEwen serving as an\n         elder for thirty years. Politically they were \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eWhigs\u003c/corpname\u003ewho despised the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eDemocratic party\u003c/corpname\u003e. Although they had\n         African-American servants they vehemently opposed the breakup\n         of the Union in the 1860s. Throughout the war \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHetty McEwen\u003c/persname\u003einsisted on flying a\n         hand-made Union flag from her roof. After Union troops\n         captured the city in 1862, her flag was replaced by a silk\n         flag given by the Federal Commander in respect for her\n         bravery. In the postwar period this incident became part of\n         local legend and poems were written to commemorate \"Hetty's\n         brave deed.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe McEwen offspring grew up to found long-lived and\n         similarly prosperous families who revered their ancestors and\n         cared for the family heirlooms. Many of the family treasures\n         had come to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eKitty McEwen Coleman\u003c/persname\u003e, who willed them to\n         her son Warren when she died in 1929. At that time the McEwen\n         descendents, led by Dr. Coleman, collectively decided that\n         their family papers and heirlooms of historical interest\n         should be made accessible to the public and donated them to\n         various archives and museums. Among the most interesting were\n         the original map of the Battle of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eHorseshoe Bend\u003c/geogname\u003e, and several items\n         pertaining to the War of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eTexas\u003c/geogname\u003eIndependence (including General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSanta Anna\u003c/persname\u003e's jewelled saddle) given to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRobert McEwen\u003c/persname\u003eby his first cousin \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSam Houston\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection is valuable for the light it sheds on\n         pioneer and early nineteenth century life in the upper South.\n         The folders of letters and memoirs are probably the most\n         interesting and entertaining items, detailing domestic and\n         social life, and the genealogical materials also record family\n         and thus local history of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNashville\u003c/geogname\u003eand its residents. The travel\n         journal kept by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eKitty McEwen Coleman\u003c/persname\u003eon her 1859 European\n         tour is an excellent source for European as well as American\n         social history, and the account of the voyage home is more\n         harrowing than fiction could be.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAll pertains to the distribution of McEwen family\n               heirlooms; correspondence with \n               \u003ccorpname\u003ePrinceton University\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eWilliam and Mary\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eLibrary of Congress\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eTennessee Historical Society\u003c/corpname\u003e; two\n               letters with signature of \n               \u003cpersname\u003eArchibald MacLeish\u003c/persname\u003e, six letters\n               from \n               \u003cpersname\u003eAndrew Jackson Houston\u003c/persname\u003e, a U.S.\n               Senator and son of \n               \u003cpersname\u003eSam Houston\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOf interest are several letters from \n               \u003cpersname\u003eRobert McEwen\u003c/persname\u003eto \n               \u003cpersname\u003eHetty McEwen\u003c/persname\u003ewritten during business\n               trips in the 1810s and 1820s; letters from various\n               relatives and friends to Hetty and her daughters during\n               the 1820s and 1830s. A letter from \n               \u003cpersname\u003eA.E. McEwen\u003c/persname\u003eto \n               \u003cpersname\u003eRobert McEwen\u003c/persname\u003ein October 1856\n               discusses sale of a slave and the possible victory of \n               \u003cpersname\u003eJames Buchanan\u003c/persname\u003ein the upcoming\n               election. Several letters between \n               \u003cpersname\u003eKitty McEwen\u003c/persname\u003eand her father \n               \u003cpersname\u003eRobert McEwen\u003c/persname\u003eduring her trip north\n               in 1858; those of April 26 and 29, 1858 describe\n               northern cities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMost of the letters are probably addressed to \n               \u003cpersname\u003eKitty McEwen Coleman\u003c/persname\u003e. \n               \u003cpersname\u003eHetty McEwen\u003c/persname\u003e's great age have made\n               her eyesight and dexterity deteriorate and letters are\n               very difficult to decipher. They deal with general\n               family and local Nashville news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral versions of the \n               \u003cfamname\u003eMcEwen Family\u003c/famname\u003ehistory, a history of\n               the \n               \u003cfamname\u003eEdmistons\u003c/famname\u003e, papers concerning other\n               relatives; photostat copies of three letters to\n               Brigadier General \n               \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Twiggs\u003c/persname\u003e, an American officer in\n               the Revolutionary War from other officers, including\n               General \n               \u003cpersname\u003eNathanial Greene\u003c/persname\u003e, and papers\n               concerning the \n               \u003cfamname\u003eTwiggs family\u003c/famname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticles referring to \n               \u003cpersname\u003eMrs. Hetty McEwen\u003c/persname\u003eand the Union flag\n               episode in 1862, other family members, obituaries, the\n               McEwen ancestors' actions in the Battle of \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eKing's Mountain\u003c/geogname\u003e; and original\n               newspaper articles from several American cities and a\n               newspaper from Paris bought during the 1859 European\n               tour.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePamphlets from \n               \u003ccorpname\u003ePrinceton Library\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eSmithsonian Institution\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eLibrary of Congress\u003c/corpname\u003e, and\n               information on \n               \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel Houston\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotographs of Mr. and Mrs. \n               \u003cpersname\u003eRobert McEwen\u003c/persname\u003e, Mrs. \n               \u003cpersname\u003eRobert (Hetty) McEwen\u003c/persname\u003ealone, \n               \u003cpersname\u003eKitty McEwen\u003c/persname\u003e, \n               \u003cpersname\u003eMary McEwen\u003c/persname\u003e, and a group including \n               \u003cpersname\u003eKitty McEwen\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCreated by Mrs. \n               \u003cpersname\u003eJames Lindsay Coleman\u003c/persname\u003e, probably\n               paternal grandmother of \n               \u003cpersname\u003eWarren Coleman\u003c/persname\u003e. The journal holds\n               an account of a trip to \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eGreat Britain\u003c/geogname\u003ein the 1850s, recipes\n               and also records the births and ages of slaves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes fascinating descriptions of \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eLondon\u003c/geogname\u003e's \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eCrystal Palace\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eWales\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eDublin\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eEdinburgh\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eParis\u003c/geogname\u003e; and an account of an\n               eventful sea voyage home.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection of 290 items, 1814-1945, contains material\n         pertaining to several Scotch-Irish families from which the\n         donor \n          Warren Coleman, M.D. is descended. The\n         collection chiefly revolves around \n          Robert Houston McEwen (1790-1868) and his\n         wife \n          Henrietta \"Hetty\" Montgomery Kennedy\n         McEwen (1796-1881).","Robert H. McEwen 's and \n          Hetty Kennedy 's families moved from \n          Washington County, Virginia to the \n          Tennessee territory in the late eighteenth\n         century. His father, a surgeon in the \n          Continental Army during the Revolutionary\n         War, died when Robert was quite young, so that Robert was\n         reared by his mother and became very close to her family, the \n          Houston Family . Hetty was the daughter of \n          Robert Campbell Kennedy , who pioneered in\n          Tennessee 's \n          Lincoln County . Kennedy became a very\n         prosperous farmer and miller, and a good friend of \n          Andrew Jackson . Both \n          Robert McEwen and \n          Hetty Kennedy 's older brother \n          William Kennedy joined the \n          United States Army to fight in the Creek\n         War Campaign of the War of 1812. They participated in the\n         Battle of \n          Horseshoe Bend , and McEwen, a lieutenant,\n         drew a map of the battle the morning after their victory (the\n         original is preserved in the \n          Library of Congress ).","After they were mustered out in May 1814, McEwen visited\n         Kennedy at his family's home and there met his friend's\n         younger sister Hetty. McEwen and \n          Hetty Kennedy were married the next year\n         and set up housekeeping in \n          Fayetteville, Tennessee , where McEwen\n         owned a dry goods store, among whose customers were many\n         members of the Cherokee nation. In 1828 the McEwens moved to \n          Nashville, Tennessee in order to provide\n         their children with better schooling and more cultural\n         activities. The couple had ten children, seven of whom lived\n         past infancy. In \n          Nashville , McEwen opened another dry\n         goods store which proved very successful. In 1836 the \n          Tennessee State Legislature elected him\n         Superintendent of Public Schools, a position he held for four\n         years. After he left government service, he ran the collection\n         service for \n          Eastern Merchants, Brokers, and\n         Bankers for the rest of his working life.","The McEwens were a well-known and prosperous family; their\n         sons went to college and their daughters married professional\n         men. Their youngest daughter \n          \"Kitty\" McEwen was sent on trips north and\n         then to \n          Europe for her health. She met a young\n         physician, \n          John Scott Coleman , from \n          Augusta, Georgia , in the party on this\n         tour; they were subsequently married in 1867. Dr. and Mrs.\n         Coleman were the parents of \n          Warren Coleman , the donor.","The family was also known for its piety and patriotism.\n         They were devout Presbyterians, with McEwen serving as an\n         elder for thirty years. Politically they were \n          Whigs who despised the \n          Democratic party . Although they had\n         African-American servants they vehemently opposed the breakup\n         of the Union in the 1860s. Throughout the war \n          Hetty McEwen insisted on flying a\n         hand-made Union flag from her roof. After Union troops\n         captured the city in 1862, her flag was replaced by a silk\n         flag given by the Federal Commander in respect for her\n         bravery. In the postwar period this incident became part of\n         local legend and poems were written to commemorate \"Hetty's\n         brave deed.\"","The McEwen offspring grew up to found long-lived and\n         similarly prosperous families who revered their ancestors and\n         cared for the family heirlooms. Many of the family treasures\n         had come to \n          Kitty McEwen Coleman , who willed them to\n         her son Warren when she died in 1929. At that time the McEwen\n         descendents, led by Dr. Coleman, collectively decided that\n         their family papers and heirlooms of historical interest\n         should be made accessible to the public and donated them to\n         various archives and museums. Among the most interesting were\n         the original map of the Battle of \n          Horseshoe Bend , and several items\n         pertaining to the War of \n          Texas Independence (including General \n          Santa Anna 's jewelled saddle) given to \n          Robert McEwen by his first cousin \n          Sam Houston .","The collection is valuable for the light it sheds on\n         pioneer and early nineteenth century life in the upper South.\n         The folders of letters and memoirs are probably the most\n         interesting and entertaining items, detailing domestic and\n         social life, and the genealogical materials also record family\n         and thus local history of \n          Nashville and its residents. The travel\n         journal kept by \n          Kitty McEwen Coleman on her 1859 European\n         tour is an excellent source for European as well as American\n         social history, and the account of the voyage home is more\n         harrowing than fiction could be.","All pertains to the distribution of McEwen family\n               heirlooms; correspondence with \n                Princeton University , \n                William and Mary , \n                Library of Congress , \n                Tennessee Historical Society ; two\n               letters with signature of \n                Archibald MacLeish , six letters\n               from \n                Andrew Jackson Houston , a U.S.\n               Senator and son of \n                Sam Houston .","Of interest are several letters from \n                Robert McEwen to \n                Hetty McEwen written during business\n               trips in the 1810s and 1820s; letters from various\n               relatives and friends to Hetty and her daughters during\n               the 1820s and 1830s. A letter from \n                A.E. McEwen to \n                Robert McEwen in October 1856\n               discusses sale of a slave and the possible victory of \n                James Buchanan in the upcoming\n               election. Several letters between \n                Kitty McEwen and her father \n                Robert McEwen during her trip north\n               in 1858; those of April 26 and 29, 1858 describe\n               northern cities.","Most of the letters are probably addressed to \n                Kitty McEwen Coleman . \n                Hetty McEwen 's great age have made\n               her eyesight and dexterity deteriorate and letters are\n               very difficult to decipher. They deal with general\n               family and local Nashville news.","Several versions of the \n                McEwen Family history, a history of\n               the \n                Edmistons , papers concerning other\n               relatives; photostat copies of three letters to\n               Brigadier General \n                John Twiggs , an American officer in\n               the Revolutionary War from other officers, including\n               General \n                Nathanial Greene , and papers\n               concerning the \n                Twiggs family .","Articles referring to \n                Mrs. Hetty McEwen and the Union flag\n               episode in 1862, other family members, obituaries, the\n               McEwen ancestors' actions in the Battle of \n                King's Mountain ; and original\n               newspaper articles from several American cities and a\n               newspaper from Paris bought during the 1859 European\n               tour.","Pamphlets from \n                Princeton Library , the \n                Smithsonian Institution , the \n                Library of Congress , and\n               information on \n                Samuel Houston .","Photographs of Mr. and Mrs. \n                Robert McEwen , Mrs. \n                Robert (Hetty) McEwen alone, \n                Kitty McEwen , \n                Mary McEwen , and a group including \n                Kitty McEwen .","Created by Mrs. \n                James Lindsay Coleman , probably\n               paternal grandmother of \n                Warren Coleman . The journal holds\n               an account of a trip to \n                Great Britain in the 1850s, recipes\n               and also records the births and ages of slaves.","Includes fascinating descriptions of \n                London 's \n                Crystal Palace , \n                Wales , \n                Dublin , \n                Edinburgh and \n                Paris ; and an account of an\n               eventful sea voyage home."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n            \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. 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The\n         collection chiefly revolves around \n          Robert Houston McEwen (1790-1868) and his\n         wife \n          Henrietta \"Hetty\" Montgomery Kennedy\n         McEwen (1796-1881).","Robert H. McEwen 's and \n          Hetty Kennedy 's families moved from \n          Washington County, Virginia to the \n          Tennessee territory in the late eighteenth\n         century. His father, a surgeon in the \n          Continental Army during the Revolutionary\n         War, died when Robert was quite young, so that Robert was\n         reared by his mother and became very close to her family, the \n          Houston Family . Hetty was the daughter of \n          Robert Campbell Kennedy , who pioneered in\n          Tennessee 's \n          Lincoln County . Kennedy became a very\n         prosperous farmer and miller, and a good friend of \n          Andrew Jackson . Both \n          Robert McEwen and \n          Hetty Kennedy 's older brother \n          William Kennedy joined the \n          United States Army to fight in the Creek\n         War Campaign of the War of 1812. They participated in the\n         Battle of \n          Horseshoe Bend , and McEwen, a lieutenant,\n         drew a map of the battle the morning after their victory (the\n         original is preserved in the \n          Library of Congress ).","After they were mustered out in May 1814, McEwen visited\n         Kennedy at his family's home and there met his friend's\n         younger sister Hetty. McEwen and \n          Hetty Kennedy were married the next year\n         and set up housekeeping in \n          Fayetteville, Tennessee , where McEwen\n         owned a dry goods store, among whose customers were many\n         members of the Cherokee nation. In 1828 the McEwens moved to \n          Nashville, Tennessee in order to provide\n         their children with better schooling and more cultural\n         activities. The couple had ten children, seven of whom lived\n         past infancy. In \n          Nashville , McEwen opened another dry\n         goods store which proved very successful. In 1836 the \n          Tennessee State Legislature elected him\n         Superintendent of Public Schools, a position he held for four\n         years. After he left government service, he ran the collection\n         service for \n          Eastern Merchants, Brokers, and\n         Bankers for the rest of his working life.","The McEwens were a well-known and prosperous family; their\n         sons went to college and their daughters married professional\n         men. Their youngest daughter \n          \"Kitty\" McEwen was sent on trips north and\n         then to \n          Europe for her health. She met a young\n         physician, \n          John Scott Coleman , from \n          Augusta, Georgia , in the party on this\n         tour; they were subsequently married in 1867. Dr. and Mrs.\n         Coleman were the parents of \n          Warren Coleman , the donor.","The family was also known for its piety and patriotism.\n         They were devout Presbyterians, with McEwen serving as an\n         elder for thirty years. Politically they were \n          Whigs who despised the \n          Democratic party . Although they had\n         African-American servants they vehemently opposed the breakup\n         of the Union in the 1860s. Throughout the war \n          Hetty McEwen insisted on flying a\n         hand-made Union flag from her roof. After Union troops\n         captured the city in 1862, her flag was replaced by a silk\n         flag given by the Federal Commander in respect for her\n         bravery. In the postwar period this incident became part of\n         local legend and poems were written to commemorate \"Hetty's\n         brave deed.\"","The McEwen offspring grew up to found long-lived and\n         similarly prosperous families who revered their ancestors and\n         cared for the family heirlooms. Many of the family treasures\n         had come to \n          Kitty McEwen Coleman , who willed them to\n         her son Warren when she died in 1929. At that time the McEwen\n         descendents, led by Dr. Coleman, collectively decided that\n         their family papers and heirlooms of historical interest\n         should be made accessible to the public and donated them to\n         various archives and museums. Among the most interesting were\n         the original map of the Battle of \n          Horseshoe Bend , and several items\n         pertaining to the War of \n          Texas Independence (including General \n          Santa Anna 's jewelled saddle) given to \n          Robert McEwen by his first cousin \n          Sam Houston .","The collection is valuable for the light it sheds on\n         pioneer and early nineteenth century life in the upper South.\n         The folders of letters and memoirs are probably the most\n         interesting and entertaining items, detailing domestic and\n         social life, and the genealogical materials also record family\n         and thus local history of \n          Nashville and its residents. The travel\n         journal kept by \n          Kitty McEwen Coleman on her 1859 European\n         tour is an excellent source for European as well as American\n         social history, and the account of the voyage home is more\n         harrowing than fiction could be.","All pertains to the distribution of McEwen family\n               heirlooms; correspondence with \n                Princeton University , \n                William and Mary , \n                Library of Congress , \n                Tennessee Historical Society ; two\n               letters with signature of \n                Archibald MacLeish , six letters\n               from \n                Andrew Jackson Houston , a U.S.\n               Senator and son of \n                Sam Houston .","Of interest are several letters from \n                Robert McEwen to \n                Hetty McEwen written during business\n               trips in the 1810s and 1820s; letters from various\n               relatives and friends to Hetty and her daughters during\n               the 1820s and 1830s. A letter from \n                A.E. McEwen to \n                Robert McEwen in October 1856\n               discusses sale of a slave and the possible victory of \n                James Buchanan in the upcoming\n               election. Several letters between \n                Kitty McEwen and her father \n                Robert McEwen during her trip north\n               in 1858; those of April 26 and 29, 1858 describe\n               northern cities.","Most of the letters are probably addressed to \n                Kitty McEwen Coleman . \n                Hetty McEwen 's great age have made\n               her eyesight and dexterity deteriorate and letters are\n               very difficult to decipher. They deal with general\n               family and local Nashville news.","Several versions of the \n                McEwen Family history, a history of\n               the \n                Edmistons , papers concerning other\n               relatives; photostat copies of three letters to\n               Brigadier General \n                John Twiggs , an American officer in\n               the Revolutionary War from other officers, including\n               General \n                Nathanial Greene , and papers\n               concerning the \n                Twiggs family .","Articles referring to \n                Mrs. Hetty McEwen and the Union flag\n               episode in 1862, other family members, obituaries, the\n               McEwen ancestors' actions in the Battle of \n                King's Mountain ; and original\n               newspaper articles from several American cities and a\n               newspaper from Paris bought during the 1859 European\n               tour.","Pamphlets from \n                Princeton Library , the \n                Smithsonian Institution , the \n                Library of Congress , and\n               information on \n                Samuel Houston .","Photographs of Mr. and Mrs. \n                Robert McEwen , Mrs. \n                Robert (Hetty) McEwen alone, \n                Kitty McEwen , \n                Mary McEwen , and a group including \n                Kitty McEwen .","Created by Mrs. \n                James Lindsay Coleman , probably\n               paternal grandmother of \n                Warren Coleman . 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The\n         collection chiefly revolves around \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Houston McEwen\u003c/persname\u003e(1790-1868) and his\n         wife \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHenrietta \"Hetty\" Montgomery Kennedy\n         McEwen\u003c/persname\u003e(1796-1881).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eRobert H. McEwen\u003c/persname\u003e's and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHetty Kennedy\u003c/persname\u003e's families moved from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003eto the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eTennessee\u003c/geogname\u003eterritory in the late eighteenth\n         century. His father, a surgeon in the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eContinental Army\u003c/corpname\u003eduring the Revolutionary\n         War, died when Robert was quite young, so that Robert was\n         reared by his mother and became very close to her family, the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eHouston Family\u003c/famname\u003e. Hetty was the daughter of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Campbell Kennedy\u003c/persname\u003e, who pioneered in\n         \u003cgeogname\u003eTennessee\u003c/geogname\u003e's \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLincoln County\u003c/geogname\u003e. Kennedy became a very\n         prosperous farmer and miller, and a good friend of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAndrew Jackson\u003c/persname\u003e. Both \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRobert McEwen\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHetty Kennedy\u003c/persname\u003e's older brother \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Kennedy\u003c/persname\u003ejoined the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUnited States Army\u003c/corpname\u003eto fight in the Creek\n         War Campaign of the War of 1812. They participated in the\n         Battle of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eHorseshoe Bend\u003c/geogname\u003e, and McEwen, a lieutenant,\n         drew a map of the battle the morning after their victory (the\n         original is preserved in the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eLibrary of Congress\u003c/corpname\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter they were mustered out in May 1814, McEwen visited\n         Kennedy at his family's home and there met his friend's\n         younger sister Hetty. McEwen and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHetty Kennedy\u003c/persname\u003ewere married the next year\n         and set up housekeeping in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFayetteville, Tennessee\u003c/geogname\u003e, where McEwen\n         owned a dry goods store, among whose customers were many\n         members of the Cherokee nation. In 1828 the McEwens moved to \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eNashville, Tennessee\u003c/corpname\u003ein order to provide\n         their children with better schooling and more cultural\n         activities. The couple had ten children, seven of whom lived\n         past infancy. In \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNashville\u003c/geogname\u003e, McEwen opened another dry\n         goods store which proved very successful. In 1836 the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eTennessee State Legislature\u003c/corpname\u003eelected him\n         Superintendent of Public Schools, a position he held for four\n         years. After he left government service, he ran the collection\n         service for \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eEastern Merchants, Brokers, and\n         Bankers\u003c/corpname\u003efor the rest of his working life.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe McEwens were a well-known and prosperous family; their\n         sons went to college and their daughters married professional\n         men. Their youngest daughter \n         \u003cpersname\u003e\"Kitty\" McEwen\u003c/persname\u003ewas sent on trips north and\n         then to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003efor her health. She met a young\n         physician, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Scott Coleman\u003c/persname\u003e, from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAugusta, Georgia\u003c/geogname\u003e, in the party on this\n         tour; they were subsequently married in 1867. Dr. and Mrs.\n         Coleman were the parents of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWarren Coleman\u003c/persname\u003e, the donor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe family was also known for its piety and patriotism.\n         They were devout Presbyterians, with McEwen serving as an\n         elder for thirty years. Politically they were \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eWhigs\u003c/corpname\u003ewho despised the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eDemocratic party\u003c/corpname\u003e. Although they had\n         African-American servants they vehemently opposed the breakup\n         of the Union in the 1860s. Throughout the war \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHetty McEwen\u003c/persname\u003einsisted on flying a\n         hand-made Union flag from her roof. After Union troops\n         captured the city in 1862, her flag was replaced by a silk\n         flag given by the Federal Commander in respect for her\n         bravery. In the postwar period this incident became part of\n         local legend and poems were written to commemorate \"Hetty's\n         brave deed.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe McEwen offspring grew up to found long-lived and\n         similarly prosperous families who revered their ancestors and\n         cared for the family heirlooms. Many of the family treasures\n         had come to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eKitty McEwen Coleman\u003c/persname\u003e, who willed them to\n         her son Warren when she died in 1929. At that time the McEwen\n         descendents, led by Dr. Coleman, collectively decided that\n         their family papers and heirlooms of historical interest\n         should be made accessible to the public and donated them to\n         various archives and museums. Among the most interesting were\n         the original map of the Battle of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eHorseshoe Bend\u003c/geogname\u003e, and several items\n         pertaining to the War of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eTexas\u003c/geogname\u003eIndependence (including General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSanta Anna\u003c/persname\u003e's jewelled saddle) given to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRobert McEwen\u003c/persname\u003eby his first cousin \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSam Houston\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection is valuable for the light it sheds on\n         pioneer and early nineteenth century life in the upper South.\n         The folders of letters and memoirs are probably the most\n         interesting and entertaining items, detailing domestic and\n         social life, and the genealogical materials also record family\n         and thus local history of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNashville\u003c/geogname\u003eand its residents. The travel\n         journal kept by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eKitty McEwen Coleman\u003c/persname\u003eon her 1859 European\n         tour is an excellent source for European as well as American\n         social history, and the account of the voyage home is more\n         harrowing than fiction could be.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAll pertains to the distribution of McEwen family\n               heirlooms; correspondence with \n               \u003ccorpname\u003ePrinceton University\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eWilliam and Mary\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eLibrary of Congress\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eTennessee Historical Society\u003c/corpname\u003e; two\n               letters with signature of \n               \u003cpersname\u003eArchibald MacLeish\u003c/persname\u003e, six letters\n               from \n               \u003cpersname\u003eAndrew Jackson Houston\u003c/persname\u003e, a U.S.\n               Senator and son of \n               \u003cpersname\u003eSam Houston\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOf interest are several letters from \n               \u003cpersname\u003eRobert McEwen\u003c/persname\u003eto \n               \u003cpersname\u003eHetty McEwen\u003c/persname\u003ewritten during business\n               trips in the 1810s and 1820s; letters from various\n               relatives and friends to Hetty and her daughters during\n               the 1820s and 1830s. A letter from \n               \u003cpersname\u003eA.E. McEwen\u003c/persname\u003eto \n               \u003cpersname\u003eRobert McEwen\u003c/persname\u003ein October 1856\n               discusses sale of a slave and the possible victory of \n               \u003cpersname\u003eJames Buchanan\u003c/persname\u003ein the upcoming\n               election. Several letters between \n               \u003cpersname\u003eKitty McEwen\u003c/persname\u003eand her father \n               \u003cpersname\u003eRobert McEwen\u003c/persname\u003eduring her trip north\n               in 1858; those of April 26 and 29, 1858 describe\n               northern cities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMost of the letters are probably addressed to \n               \u003cpersname\u003eKitty McEwen Coleman\u003c/persname\u003e. \n               \u003cpersname\u003eHetty McEwen\u003c/persname\u003e's great age have made\n               her eyesight and dexterity deteriorate and letters are\n               very difficult to decipher. They deal with general\n               family and local Nashville news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral versions of the \n               \u003cfamname\u003eMcEwen Family\u003c/famname\u003ehistory, a history of\n               the \n               \u003cfamname\u003eEdmistons\u003c/famname\u003e, papers concerning other\n               relatives; photostat copies of three letters to\n               Brigadier General \n               \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Twiggs\u003c/persname\u003e, an American officer in\n               the Revolutionary War from other officers, including\n               General \n               \u003cpersname\u003eNathanial Greene\u003c/persname\u003e, and papers\n               concerning the \n               \u003cfamname\u003eTwiggs family\u003c/famname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticles referring to \n               \u003cpersname\u003eMrs. Hetty McEwen\u003c/persname\u003eand the Union flag\n               episode in 1862, other family members, obituaries, the\n               McEwen ancestors' actions in the Battle of \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eKing's Mountain\u003c/geogname\u003e; and original\n               newspaper articles from several American cities and a\n               newspaper from Paris bought during the 1859 European\n               tour.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePamphlets from \n               \u003ccorpname\u003ePrinceton Library\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eSmithsonian Institution\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eLibrary of Congress\u003c/corpname\u003e, and\n               information on \n               \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel Houston\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotographs of Mr. and Mrs. \n               \u003cpersname\u003eRobert McEwen\u003c/persname\u003e, Mrs. \n               \u003cpersname\u003eRobert (Hetty) McEwen\u003c/persname\u003ealone, \n               \u003cpersname\u003eKitty McEwen\u003c/persname\u003e, \n               \u003cpersname\u003eMary McEwen\u003c/persname\u003e, and a group including \n               \u003cpersname\u003eKitty McEwen\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCreated by Mrs. \n               \u003cpersname\u003eJames Lindsay Coleman\u003c/persname\u003e, probably\n               paternal grandmother of \n               \u003cpersname\u003eWarren Coleman\u003c/persname\u003e. The journal holds\n               an account of a trip to \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eGreat Britain\u003c/geogname\u003ein the 1850s, recipes\n               and also records the births and ages of slaves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes fascinating descriptions of \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eLondon\u003c/geogname\u003e's \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eCrystal Palace\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eWales\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eDublin\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eEdinburgh\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eParis\u003c/geogname\u003e; and an account of an\n               eventful sea voyage home.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection of 290 items, 1814-1945, contains material\n         pertaining to several Scotch-Irish families from which the\n         donor \n          Warren Coleman, M.D. is descended. The\n         collection chiefly revolves around \n          Robert Houston McEwen (1790-1868) and his\n         wife \n          Henrietta \"Hetty\" Montgomery Kennedy\n         McEwen (1796-1881).","Robert H. McEwen 's and \n          Hetty Kennedy 's families moved from \n          Washington County, Virginia to the \n          Tennessee territory in the late eighteenth\n         century. His father, a surgeon in the \n          Continental Army during the Revolutionary\n         War, died when Robert was quite young, so that Robert was\n         reared by his mother and became very close to her family, the \n          Houston Family . Hetty was the daughter of \n          Robert Campbell Kennedy , who pioneered in\n          Tennessee 's \n          Lincoln County . Kennedy became a very\n         prosperous farmer and miller, and a good friend of \n          Andrew Jackson . Both \n          Robert McEwen and \n          Hetty Kennedy 's older brother \n          William Kennedy joined the \n          United States Army to fight in the Creek\n         War Campaign of the War of 1812. They participated in the\n         Battle of \n          Horseshoe Bend , and McEwen, a lieutenant,\n         drew a map of the battle the morning after their victory (the\n         original is preserved in the \n          Library of Congress ).","After they were mustered out in May 1814, McEwen visited\n         Kennedy at his family's home and there met his friend's\n         younger sister Hetty. McEwen and \n          Hetty Kennedy were married the next year\n         and set up housekeeping in \n          Fayetteville, Tennessee , where McEwen\n         owned a dry goods store, among whose customers were many\n         members of the Cherokee nation. In 1828 the McEwens moved to \n          Nashville, Tennessee in order to provide\n         their children with better schooling and more cultural\n         activities. The couple had ten children, seven of whom lived\n         past infancy. In \n          Nashville , McEwen opened another dry\n         goods store which proved very successful. In 1836 the \n          Tennessee State Legislature elected him\n         Superintendent of Public Schools, a position he held for four\n         years. After he left government service, he ran the collection\n         service for \n          Eastern Merchants, Brokers, and\n         Bankers for the rest of his working life.","The McEwens were a well-known and prosperous family; their\n         sons went to college and their daughters married professional\n         men. Their youngest daughter \n          \"Kitty\" McEwen was sent on trips north and\n         then to \n          Europe for her health. She met a young\n         physician, \n          John Scott Coleman , from \n          Augusta, Georgia , in the party on this\n         tour; they were subsequently married in 1867. Dr. and Mrs.\n         Coleman were the parents of \n          Warren Coleman , the donor.","The family was also known for its piety and patriotism.\n         They were devout Presbyterians, with McEwen serving as an\n         elder for thirty years. Politically they were \n          Whigs who despised the \n          Democratic party . Although they had\n         African-American servants they vehemently opposed the breakup\n         of the Union in the 1860s. Throughout the war \n          Hetty McEwen insisted on flying a\n         hand-made Union flag from her roof. After Union troops\n         captured the city in 1862, her flag was replaced by a silk\n         flag given by the Federal Commander in respect for her\n         bravery. In the postwar period this incident became part of\n         local legend and poems were written to commemorate \"Hetty's\n         brave deed.\"","The McEwen offspring grew up to found long-lived and\n         similarly prosperous families who revered their ancestors and\n         cared for the family heirlooms. Many of the family treasures\n         had come to \n          Kitty McEwen Coleman , who willed them to\n         her son Warren when she died in 1929. At that time the McEwen\n         descendents, led by Dr. Coleman, collectively decided that\n         their family papers and heirlooms of historical interest\n         should be made accessible to the public and donated them to\n         various archives and museums. Among the most interesting were\n         the original map of the Battle of \n          Horseshoe Bend , and several items\n         pertaining to the War of \n          Texas Independence (including General \n          Santa Anna 's jewelled saddle) given to \n          Robert McEwen by his first cousin \n          Sam Houston .","The collection is valuable for the light it sheds on\n         pioneer and early nineteenth century life in the upper South.\n         The folders of letters and memoirs are probably the most\n         interesting and entertaining items, detailing domestic and\n         social life, and the genealogical materials also record family\n         and thus local history of \n          Nashville and its residents. The travel\n         journal kept by \n          Kitty McEwen Coleman on her 1859 European\n         tour is an excellent source for European as well as American\n         social history, and the account of the voyage home is more\n         harrowing than fiction could be.","All pertains to the distribution of McEwen family\n               heirlooms; correspondence with \n                Princeton University , \n                William and Mary , \n                Library of Congress , \n                Tennessee Historical Society ; two\n               letters with signature of \n                Archibald MacLeish , six letters\n               from \n                Andrew Jackson Houston , a U.S.\n               Senator and son of \n                Sam Houston .","Of interest are several letters from \n                Robert McEwen to \n                Hetty McEwen written during business\n               trips in the 1810s and 1820s; letters from various\n               relatives and friends to Hetty and her daughters during\n               the 1820s and 1830s. A letter from \n                A.E. McEwen to \n                Robert McEwen in October 1856\n               discusses sale of a slave and the possible victory of \n                James Buchanan in the upcoming\n               election. Several letters between \n                Kitty McEwen and her father \n                Robert McEwen during her trip north\n               in 1858; those of April 26 and 29, 1858 describe\n               northern cities.","Most of the letters are probably addressed to \n                Kitty McEwen Coleman . \n                Hetty McEwen 's great age have made\n               her eyesight and dexterity deteriorate and letters are\n               very difficult to decipher. They deal with general\n               family and local Nashville news.","Several versions of the \n                McEwen Family history, a history of\n               the \n                Edmistons , papers concerning other\n               relatives; photostat copies of three letters to\n               Brigadier General \n                John Twiggs , an American officer in\n               the Revolutionary War from other officers, including\n               General \n                Nathanial Greene , and papers\n               concerning the \n                Twiggs family .","Articles referring to \n                Mrs. Hetty McEwen and the Union flag\n               episode in 1862, other family members, obituaries, the\n               McEwen ancestors' actions in the Battle of \n                King's Mountain ; and original\n               newspaper articles from several American cities and a\n               newspaper from Paris bought during the 1859 European\n               tour.","Pamphlets from \n                Princeton Library , the \n                Smithsonian Institution , the \n                Library of Congress , and\n               information on \n                Samuel Houston .","Photographs of Mr. and Mrs. \n                Robert McEwen , Mrs. \n                Robert (Hetty) McEwen alone, \n                Kitty McEwen , \n                Mary McEwen , and a group including \n                Kitty McEwen .","Created by Mrs. \n                James Lindsay Coleman , probably\n               paternal grandmother of \n                Warren Coleman . The journal holds\n               an account of a trip to \n                Great Britain in the 1850s, recipes\n               and also records the births and ages of slaves.","Includes fascinating descriptions of \n                London 's \n                Crystal Palace , \n                Wales , \n                Dublin , \n                Edinburgh and \n                Paris ; and an account of an\n               eventful sea voyage home."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n            \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. 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The\n         collection chiefly revolves around \n          Robert Houston McEwen (1790-1868) and his\n         wife \n          Henrietta \"Hetty\" Montgomery Kennedy\n         McEwen (1796-1881).","Robert H. McEwen 's and \n          Hetty Kennedy 's families moved from \n          Washington County, Virginia to the \n          Tennessee territory in the late eighteenth\n         century. His father, a surgeon in the \n          Continental Army during the Revolutionary\n         War, died when Robert was quite young, so that Robert was\n         reared by his mother and became very close to her family, the \n          Houston Family . Hetty was the daughter of \n          Robert Campbell Kennedy , who pioneered in\n          Tennessee 's \n          Lincoln County . Kennedy became a very\n         prosperous farmer and miller, and a good friend of \n          Andrew Jackson . Both \n          Robert McEwen and \n          Hetty Kennedy 's older brother \n          William Kennedy joined the \n          United States Army to fight in the Creek\n         War Campaign of the War of 1812. They participated in the\n         Battle of \n          Horseshoe Bend , and McEwen, a lieutenant,\n         drew a map of the battle the morning after their victory (the\n         original is preserved in the \n          Library of Congress ).","After they were mustered out in May 1814, McEwen visited\n         Kennedy at his family's home and there met his friend's\n         younger sister Hetty. McEwen and \n          Hetty Kennedy were married the next year\n         and set up housekeeping in \n          Fayetteville, Tennessee , where McEwen\n         owned a dry goods store, among whose customers were many\n         members of the Cherokee nation. In 1828 the McEwens moved to \n          Nashville, Tennessee in order to provide\n         their children with better schooling and more cultural\n         activities. The couple had ten children, seven of whom lived\n         past infancy. In \n          Nashville , McEwen opened another dry\n         goods store which proved very successful. In 1836 the \n          Tennessee State Legislature elected him\n         Superintendent of Public Schools, a position he held for four\n         years. After he left government service, he ran the collection\n         service for \n          Eastern Merchants, Brokers, and\n         Bankers for the rest of his working life.","The McEwens were a well-known and prosperous family; their\n         sons went to college and their daughters married professional\n         men. Their youngest daughter \n          \"Kitty\" McEwen was sent on trips north and\n         then to \n          Europe for her health. She met a young\n         physician, \n          John Scott Coleman , from \n          Augusta, Georgia , in the party on this\n         tour; they were subsequently married in 1867. Dr. and Mrs.\n         Coleman were the parents of \n          Warren Coleman , the donor.","The family was also known for its piety and patriotism.\n         They were devout Presbyterians, with McEwen serving as an\n         elder for thirty years. Politically they were \n          Whigs who despised the \n          Democratic party . Although they had\n         African-American servants they vehemently opposed the breakup\n         of the Union in the 1860s. Throughout the war \n          Hetty McEwen insisted on flying a\n         hand-made Union flag from her roof. After Union troops\n         captured the city in 1862, her flag was replaced by a silk\n         flag given by the Federal Commander in respect for her\n         bravery. In the postwar period this incident became part of\n         local legend and poems were written to commemorate \"Hetty's\n         brave deed.\"","The McEwen offspring grew up to found long-lived and\n         similarly prosperous families who revered their ancestors and\n         cared for the family heirlooms. Many of the family treasures\n         had come to \n          Kitty McEwen Coleman , who willed them to\n         her son Warren when she died in 1929. At that time the McEwen\n         descendents, led by Dr. Coleman, collectively decided that\n         their family papers and heirlooms of historical interest\n         should be made accessible to the public and donated them to\n         various archives and museums. Among the most interesting were\n         the original map of the Battle of \n          Horseshoe Bend , and several items\n         pertaining to the War of \n          Texas Independence (including General \n          Santa Anna 's jewelled saddle) given to \n          Robert McEwen by his first cousin \n          Sam Houston .","The collection is valuable for the light it sheds on\n         pioneer and early nineteenth century life in the upper South.\n         The folders of letters and memoirs are probably the most\n         interesting and entertaining items, detailing domestic and\n         social life, and the genealogical materials also record family\n         and thus local history of \n          Nashville and its residents. The travel\n         journal kept by \n          Kitty McEwen Coleman on her 1859 European\n         tour is an excellent source for European as well as American\n         social history, and the account of the voyage home is more\n         harrowing than fiction could be.","All pertains to the distribution of McEwen family\n               heirlooms; correspondence with \n                Princeton University , \n                William and Mary , \n                Library of Congress , \n                Tennessee Historical Society ; two\n               letters with signature of \n                Archibald MacLeish , six letters\n               from \n                Andrew Jackson Houston , a U.S.\n               Senator and son of \n                Sam Houston .","Of interest are several letters from \n                Robert McEwen to \n                Hetty McEwen written during business\n               trips in the 1810s and 1820s; letters from various\n               relatives and friends to Hetty and her daughters during\n               the 1820s and 1830s. A letter from \n                A.E. McEwen to \n                Robert McEwen in October 1856\n               discusses sale of a slave and the possible victory of \n                James Buchanan in the upcoming\n               election. Several letters between \n                Kitty McEwen and her father \n                Robert McEwen during her trip north\n               in 1858; those of April 26 and 29, 1858 describe\n               northern cities.","Most of the letters are probably addressed to \n                Kitty McEwen Coleman . \n                Hetty McEwen 's great age have made\n               her eyesight and dexterity deteriorate and letters are\n               very difficult to decipher. They deal with general\n               family and local Nashville news.","Several versions of the \n                McEwen Family history, a history of\n               the \n                Edmistons , papers concerning other\n               relatives; photostat copies of three letters to\n               Brigadier General \n                John Twiggs , an American officer in\n               the Revolutionary War from other officers, including\n               General \n                Nathanial Greene , and papers\n               concerning the \n                Twiggs family .","Articles referring to \n                Mrs. Hetty McEwen and the Union flag\n               episode in 1862, other family members, obituaries, the\n               McEwen ancestors' actions in the Battle of \n                King's Mountain ; and original\n               newspaper articles from several American cities and a\n               newspaper from Paris bought during the 1859 European\n               tour.","Pamphlets from \n                Princeton Library , the \n                Smithsonian Institution , the \n                Library of Congress , and\n               information on \n                Samuel Houston .","Photographs of Mr. and Mrs. \n                Robert McEwen , Mrs. \n                Robert (Hetty) McEwen alone, \n                Kitty McEwen , \n                Mary McEwen , and a group including \n                Kitty McEwen .","Created by Mrs. \n                James Lindsay Coleman , probably\n               paternal grandmother of \n                Warren Coleman . The journal holds\n               an account of a trip to \n                Great Britain in the 1850s, recipes\n               and also records the births and ages of slaves.","Includes fascinating descriptions of \n                London 's \n                Crystal Palace , \n                Wales , \n                Dublin , \n                Edinburgh and \n                Paris ; and an account of an\n               eventful sea voyage home.","See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Alderman Library","Continental Army","United States Army","Library of Congress","Nashville, Tennessee","Tennessee State Legislature","Eastern Merchants, Brokers, and\n         Bankers","Whigs","Democratic party","Princeton University","William and Mary","Tennessee Historical Society","Princeton Library","Smithsonian Institution","Crystal Palace","Houston Family","McEwen Family","Edmistons","Twiggs family","Warren Coleman","Warren Coleman,","Robert Houston McEwen","Henrietta \"Hetty\" Montgomery Kennedy\n         McEwen","Robert H. McEwen","Hetty Kennedy","Robert Campbell Kennedy","Andrew Jackson","Robert McEwen","William Kennedy","\"Kitty\" McEwen","John Scott Coleman","Hetty McEwen","Kitty McEwen Coleman","Santa Anna","Sam Houston","Archibald MacLeish","Andrew Jackson Houston","A.E. McEwen","James Buchanan","Kitty McEwen","Hetty Montgomery Kennedy McEwen","Hetty (Kitty) Kennedy McEwen\n               Coleman","John Twiggs","Nathanial Greene","Hetty M.K. 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The\n         collection chiefly revolves around \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Houston McEwen\u003c/persname\u003e(1790-1868) and his\n         wife \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHenrietta \"Hetty\" Montgomery Kennedy\n         McEwen\u003c/persname\u003e(1796-1881).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eRobert H. McEwen\u003c/persname\u003e's and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHetty Kennedy\u003c/persname\u003e's families moved from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003eto the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eTennessee\u003c/geogname\u003eterritory in the late eighteenth\n         century. His father, a surgeon in the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eContinental Army\u003c/corpname\u003eduring the Revolutionary\n         War, died when Robert was quite young, so that Robert was\n         reared by his mother and became very close to her family, the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eHouston Family\u003c/famname\u003e. Hetty was the daughter of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Campbell Kennedy\u003c/persname\u003e, who pioneered in\n         \u003cgeogname\u003eTennessee\u003c/geogname\u003e's \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLincoln County\u003c/geogname\u003e. Kennedy became a very\n         prosperous farmer and miller, and a good friend of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAndrew Jackson\u003c/persname\u003e. Both \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRobert McEwen\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHetty Kennedy\u003c/persname\u003e's older brother \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Kennedy\u003c/persname\u003ejoined the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUnited States Army\u003c/corpname\u003eto fight in the Creek\n         War Campaign of the War of 1812. They participated in the\n         Battle of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eHorseshoe Bend\u003c/geogname\u003e, and McEwen, a lieutenant,\n         drew a map of the battle the morning after their victory (the\n         original is preserved in the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eLibrary of Congress\u003c/corpname\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter they were mustered out in May 1814, McEwen visited\n         Kennedy at his family's home and there met his friend's\n         younger sister Hetty. McEwen and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHetty Kennedy\u003c/persname\u003ewere married the next year\n         and set up housekeeping in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFayetteville, Tennessee\u003c/geogname\u003e, where McEwen\n         owned a dry goods store, among whose customers were many\n         members of the Cherokee nation. In 1828 the McEwens moved to \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eNashville, Tennessee\u003c/corpname\u003ein order to provide\n         their children with better schooling and more cultural\n         activities. The couple had ten children, seven of whom lived\n         past infancy. In \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNashville\u003c/geogname\u003e, McEwen opened another dry\n         goods store which proved very successful. In 1836 the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eTennessee State Legislature\u003c/corpname\u003eelected him\n         Superintendent of Public Schools, a position he held for four\n         years. After he left government service, he ran the collection\n         service for \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eEastern Merchants, Brokers, and\n         Bankers\u003c/corpname\u003efor the rest of his working life.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe McEwens were a well-known and prosperous family; their\n         sons went to college and their daughters married professional\n         men. Their youngest daughter \n         \u003cpersname\u003e\"Kitty\" McEwen\u003c/persname\u003ewas sent on trips north and\n         then to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003efor her health. She met a young\n         physician, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Scott Coleman\u003c/persname\u003e, from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAugusta, Georgia\u003c/geogname\u003e, in the party on this\n         tour; they were subsequently married in 1867. Dr. and Mrs.\n         Coleman were the parents of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWarren Coleman\u003c/persname\u003e, the donor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe family was also known for its piety and patriotism.\n         They were devout Presbyterians, with McEwen serving as an\n         elder for thirty years. Politically they were \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eWhigs\u003c/corpname\u003ewho despised the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eDemocratic party\u003c/corpname\u003e. Although they had\n         African-American servants they vehemently opposed the breakup\n         of the Union in the 1860s. Throughout the war \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHetty McEwen\u003c/persname\u003einsisted on flying a\n         hand-made Union flag from her roof. After Union troops\n         captured the city in 1862, her flag was replaced by a silk\n         flag given by the Federal Commander in respect for her\n         bravery. In the postwar period this incident became part of\n         local legend and poems were written to commemorate \"Hetty's\n         brave deed.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe McEwen offspring grew up to found long-lived and\n         similarly prosperous families who revered their ancestors and\n         cared for the family heirlooms. Many of the family treasures\n         had come to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eKitty McEwen Coleman\u003c/persname\u003e, who willed them to\n         her son Warren when she died in 1929. At that time the McEwen\n         descendents, led by Dr. Coleman, collectively decided that\n         their family papers and heirlooms of historical interest\n         should be made accessible to the public and donated them to\n         various archives and museums. Among the most interesting were\n         the original map of the Battle of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eHorseshoe Bend\u003c/geogname\u003e, and several items\n         pertaining to the War of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eTexas\u003c/geogname\u003eIndependence (including General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSanta Anna\u003c/persname\u003e's jewelled saddle) given to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRobert McEwen\u003c/persname\u003eby his first cousin \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSam Houston\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection is valuable for the light it sheds on\n         pioneer and early nineteenth century life in the upper South.\n         The folders of letters and memoirs are probably the most\n         interesting and entertaining items, detailing domestic and\n         social life, and the genealogical materials also record family\n         and thus local history of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNashville\u003c/geogname\u003eand its residents. The travel\n         journal kept by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eKitty McEwen Coleman\u003c/persname\u003eon her 1859 European\n         tour is an excellent source for European as well as American\n         social history, and the account of the voyage home is more\n         harrowing than fiction could be.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAll pertains to the distribution of McEwen family\n               heirlooms; correspondence with \n               \u003ccorpname\u003ePrinceton University\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eWilliam and Mary\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eLibrary of Congress\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eTennessee Historical Society\u003c/corpname\u003e; two\n               letters with signature of \n               \u003cpersname\u003eArchibald MacLeish\u003c/persname\u003e, six letters\n               from \n               \u003cpersname\u003eAndrew Jackson Houston\u003c/persname\u003e, a U.S.\n               Senator and son of \n               \u003cpersname\u003eSam Houston\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOf interest are several letters from \n               \u003cpersname\u003eRobert McEwen\u003c/persname\u003eto \n               \u003cpersname\u003eHetty McEwen\u003c/persname\u003ewritten during business\n               trips in the 1810s and 1820s; letters from various\n               relatives and friends to Hetty and her daughters during\n               the 1820s and 1830s. A letter from \n               \u003cpersname\u003eA.E. McEwen\u003c/persname\u003eto \n               \u003cpersname\u003eRobert McEwen\u003c/persname\u003ein October 1856\n               discusses sale of a slave and the possible victory of \n               \u003cpersname\u003eJames Buchanan\u003c/persname\u003ein the upcoming\n               election. Several letters between \n               \u003cpersname\u003eKitty McEwen\u003c/persname\u003eand her father \n               \u003cpersname\u003eRobert McEwen\u003c/persname\u003eduring her trip north\n               in 1858; those of April 26 and 29, 1858 describe\n               northern cities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMost of the letters are probably addressed to \n               \u003cpersname\u003eKitty McEwen Coleman\u003c/persname\u003e. \n               \u003cpersname\u003eHetty McEwen\u003c/persname\u003e's great age have made\n               her eyesight and dexterity deteriorate and letters are\n               very difficult to decipher. They deal with general\n               family and local Nashville news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral versions of the \n               \u003cfamname\u003eMcEwen Family\u003c/famname\u003ehistory, a history of\n               the \n               \u003cfamname\u003eEdmistons\u003c/famname\u003e, papers concerning other\n               relatives; photostat copies of three letters to\n               Brigadier General \n               \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Twiggs\u003c/persname\u003e, an American officer in\n               the Revolutionary War from other officers, including\n               General \n               \u003cpersname\u003eNathanial Greene\u003c/persname\u003e, and papers\n               concerning the \n               \u003cfamname\u003eTwiggs family\u003c/famname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticles referring to \n               \u003cpersname\u003eMrs. Hetty McEwen\u003c/persname\u003eand the Union flag\n               episode in 1862, other family members, obituaries, the\n               McEwen ancestors' actions in the Battle of \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eKing's Mountain\u003c/geogname\u003e; and original\n               newspaper articles from several American cities and a\n               newspaper from Paris bought during the 1859 European\n               tour.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePamphlets from \n               \u003ccorpname\u003ePrinceton Library\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eSmithsonian Institution\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eLibrary of Congress\u003c/corpname\u003e, and\n               information on \n               \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel Houston\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotographs of Mr. and Mrs. \n               \u003cpersname\u003eRobert McEwen\u003c/persname\u003e, Mrs. \n               \u003cpersname\u003eRobert (Hetty) McEwen\u003c/persname\u003ealone, \n               \u003cpersname\u003eKitty McEwen\u003c/persname\u003e, \n               \u003cpersname\u003eMary McEwen\u003c/persname\u003e, and a group including \n               \u003cpersname\u003eKitty McEwen\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCreated by Mrs. \n               \u003cpersname\u003eJames Lindsay Coleman\u003c/persname\u003e, probably\n               paternal grandmother of \n               \u003cpersname\u003eWarren Coleman\u003c/persname\u003e. The journal holds\n               an account of a trip to \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eGreat Britain\u003c/geogname\u003ein the 1850s, recipes\n               and also records the births and ages of slaves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes fascinating descriptions of \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eLondon\u003c/geogname\u003e's \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eCrystal Palace\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eWales\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eDublin\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eEdinburgh\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eParis\u003c/geogname\u003e; and an account of an\n               eventful sea voyage home.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection of 290 items, 1814-1945, contains material\n         pertaining to several Scotch-Irish families from which the\n         donor \n          Warren Coleman, M.D. is descended. The\n         collection chiefly revolves around \n          Robert Houston McEwen (1790-1868) and his\n         wife \n          Henrietta \"Hetty\" Montgomery Kennedy\n         McEwen (1796-1881).","Robert H. McEwen 's and \n          Hetty Kennedy 's families moved from \n          Washington County, Virginia to the \n          Tennessee territory in the late eighteenth\n         century. His father, a surgeon in the \n          Continental Army during the Revolutionary\n         War, died when Robert was quite young, so that Robert was\n         reared by his mother and became very close to her family, the \n          Houston Family . Hetty was the daughter of \n          Robert Campbell Kennedy , who pioneered in\n          Tennessee 's \n          Lincoln County . Kennedy became a very\n         prosperous farmer and miller, and a good friend of \n          Andrew Jackson . Both \n          Robert McEwen and \n          Hetty Kennedy 's older brother \n          William Kennedy joined the \n          United States Army to fight in the Creek\n         War Campaign of the War of 1812. They participated in the\n         Battle of \n          Horseshoe Bend , and McEwen, a lieutenant,\n         drew a map of the battle the morning after their victory (the\n         original is preserved in the \n          Library of Congress ).","After they were mustered out in May 1814, McEwen visited\n         Kennedy at his family's home and there met his friend's\n         younger sister Hetty. McEwen and \n          Hetty Kennedy were married the next year\n         and set up housekeeping in \n          Fayetteville, Tennessee , where McEwen\n         owned a dry goods store, among whose customers were many\n         members of the Cherokee nation. In 1828 the McEwens moved to \n          Nashville, Tennessee in order to provide\n         their children with better schooling and more cultural\n         activities. The couple had ten children, seven of whom lived\n         past infancy. In \n          Nashville , McEwen opened another dry\n         goods store which proved very successful. In 1836 the \n          Tennessee State Legislature elected him\n         Superintendent of Public Schools, a position he held for four\n         years. After he left government service, he ran the collection\n         service for \n          Eastern Merchants, Brokers, and\n         Bankers for the rest of his working life.","The McEwens were a well-known and prosperous family; their\n         sons went to college and their daughters married professional\n         men. Their youngest daughter \n          \"Kitty\" McEwen was sent on trips north and\n         then to \n          Europe for her health. She met a young\n         physician, \n          John Scott Coleman , from \n          Augusta, Georgia , in the party on this\n         tour; they were subsequently married in 1867. Dr. and Mrs.\n         Coleman were the parents of \n          Warren Coleman , the donor.","The family was also known for its piety and patriotism.\n         They were devout Presbyterians, with McEwen serving as an\n         elder for thirty years. Politically they were \n          Whigs who despised the \n          Democratic party . Although they had\n         African-American servants they vehemently opposed the breakup\n         of the Union in the 1860s. Throughout the war \n          Hetty McEwen insisted on flying a\n         hand-made Union flag from her roof. After Union troops\n         captured the city in 1862, her flag was replaced by a silk\n         flag given by the Federal Commander in respect for her\n         bravery. In the postwar period this incident became part of\n         local legend and poems were written to commemorate \"Hetty's\n         brave deed.\"","The McEwen offspring grew up to found long-lived and\n         similarly prosperous families who revered their ancestors and\n         cared for the family heirlooms. Many of the family treasures\n         had come to \n          Kitty McEwen Coleman , who willed them to\n         her son Warren when she died in 1929. At that time the McEwen\n         descendents, led by Dr. Coleman, collectively decided that\n         their family papers and heirlooms of historical interest\n         should be made accessible to the public and donated them to\n         various archives and museums. Among the most interesting were\n         the original map of the Battle of \n          Horseshoe Bend , and several items\n         pertaining to the War of \n          Texas Independence (including General \n          Santa Anna 's jewelled saddle) given to \n          Robert McEwen by his first cousin \n          Sam Houston .","The collection is valuable for the light it sheds on\n         pioneer and early nineteenth century life in the upper South.\n         The folders of letters and memoirs are probably the most\n         interesting and entertaining items, detailing domestic and\n         social life, and the genealogical materials also record family\n         and thus local history of \n          Nashville and its residents. The travel\n         journal kept by \n          Kitty McEwen Coleman on her 1859 European\n         tour is an excellent source for European as well as American\n         social history, and the account of the voyage home is more\n         harrowing than fiction could be.","All pertains to the distribution of McEwen family\n               heirlooms; correspondence with \n                Princeton University , \n                William and Mary , \n                Library of Congress , \n                Tennessee Historical Society ; two\n               letters with signature of \n                Archibald MacLeish , six letters\n               from \n                Andrew Jackson Houston , a U.S.\n               Senator and son of \n                Sam Houston .","Of interest are several letters from \n                Robert McEwen to \n                Hetty McEwen written during business\n               trips in the 1810s and 1820s; letters from various\n               relatives and friends to Hetty and her daughters during\n               the 1820s and 1830s. A letter from \n                A.E. McEwen to \n                Robert McEwen in October 1856\n               discusses sale of a slave and the possible victory of \n                James Buchanan in the upcoming\n               election. Several letters between \n                Kitty McEwen and her father \n                Robert McEwen during her trip north\n               in 1858; those of April 26 and 29, 1858 describe\n               northern cities.","Most of the letters are probably addressed to \n                Kitty McEwen Coleman . \n                Hetty McEwen 's great age have made\n               her eyesight and dexterity deteriorate and letters are\n               very difficult to decipher. 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