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Towles family. Towles family papers, 1806-1954.

Title: Towles family papers, 1806-1954.

Collection contains the papers, 1806-1849, of Judge Thomas Towles, attorney of Henderson, Ky., who emigrated from Va. in 1806, served as judge of the Illinois Territory in 1816, and founded the Henderson, Ky. firm of Towles and Soaper, exporters of tobacco. Included is correspondence of family and friends; accounts; appraisal of the estate of Colonel Joseph Cabell; papers of Towles and Soaper, including circular letters and prices current from English importers, 1840-1848, an 11 Aug. 1845 letter and price current from Fellows Johnson Co., New Orleans, accounts, 1841-1848, and insurance policies on the tobacco factory near Henderson and on shipments of tobacco to New Orleans, 1840-1847. Also included are papers, 1842-1917, of Walter Alves Towles containing correspondence, family history, genealogy and his diary for a 1905 visit to New York; autobiographical sketch of Susan Daniel Anderson Towles and her genealogical correspondence about the Anderson and allied families of Marshall, Daniel, Goode, Jefferson, Roane, Wilson, and others; genealogical correspondence, genealogical society membership applications, and addresses of Susan Starling Towles; and the correspondence of Lillia Towles, including letters to Mary Lucy Goode Towles, discussing family and routine matters.

ArchivalResource: 6.33 cubic ft.

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McCord, David James, 1797-1855. Correspondence to McCord from Francis Lieber, William Campbell Preston, George McDuffie, Thomas Cooper, Edward Ruffin, James Henry Hammond, and John C. Calhoun, and regarding tariff, affairs in South Carolina and personal matters [manuscript] 1820-1849.

Title: Correspondence to McCord from Francis Lieber, William Campbell Preston, George McDuffie, Thomas Cooper, Edward Ruffin, James Henry Hammond, and John C. Calhoun, and regarding tariff, affairs in South Carolina and personal matters [manuscript] 1820-1849.

ArchivalResource: 8 items.

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