Photograph
Colonel Robert Weakley
| Sixth plate daguerreotype of a painting of Colonel Robert Weakley. Col. Weakley served as a Representative from Tennessee; born in Halifax County, Va., July 20, 1764; attended Princeton (N.J.) schools; joined the Revolutionary Army at the age of sixteen and served until the close of the Revolutionary War; moved in 1785 to that part of North Carolina which later became Tennessee and engaged in agricultural pursuits; member of the North Carolina convention that ratified the Constitution of the United States in 1789; member of the first State house of representatives in 1796; elected as a Republican to the Eleventh Congress (March 4, 1809-March 3, 1811); appointed United States commissioner to treat with the Chickasaw Indians in 1819; member of the State senate in 1823 and 1824, serving as president in 1823; member of the State constitutional convention in 1834; died near Nashville, Tenn., February 4, 1845. |
| Image ID: | 98086 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1850 |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
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| Collection Name: | Cased image collection, circa 1839-circa 1899 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | cased images |
| Original Format Number: | PH 4195.32, Box 4 |
| Original Dimensions: | 2.75 x 3.25 inches |
| Octagonal mat, sandy finish. Documents regarding the life of Robert Weakley can be found in the Draper Manuscript collection. |
| Painting |
| Portraits |
| Neckties |
| Suits (Clothing) |
| Revolution, 1775-1783 |
| Veterans |
| Aged |
| Men |
| Politicians |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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