Box 455.001

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of a photocopy of a typed draft of the manuscript of a biography of Judge Peter J. Hamilton by his youngest daughter, Rachel Duke Hamilton Cannon (sometimes noted as Rachel-Duke). It includes photocopies of pictures and articles pertaining to the Judge and his family. In the preface she states, “I have devoted more time to my father’s forebears than is usual in a biography, because it was my great-grandfather, William T. Hamilton, who was the first regular minister...