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Ainslie, Hew, 1792-1878. Hew Ainslie : papers, 1834-1902.

Title: Hew Ainslie : papers, 1834-1902.

Papers of Hew Ainslie and his son, industrialist James Wellstood Ainslie. Papers of Hew Ainslie include letters from relatives in Scotland, 1834-1846; letters, 1864-1877, from his friends, writer and editor James Grant Wilson, and bookseller Archibald G. Wilson of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., relating personal and literary news; letters, 1870-1878, from Scotland praising Ainslie's poems; letters from Thomas C. Latto, Sara D. Vandervoort, Benson H. Lossing, Daniel Ricketson, and Archibald G. Constable, 1868-1876, relating literary news and expressing their high regard for Ainslie; and two drafts of letters by Hew Ainslie to Daniel Ricketson and J.G. Colson. James W. Ainslie's papers include three letters, 1892, from George Donaldson relating to Hew Ainslie; and an obituary notice. Other papers include a memorial to Louisville educator Reuben Post Halleck, and an 1813 letter written by David Prentice from Philadelphia relating conditions in that area due to the War of 1812 and his work making engines for steamboats. Also, included are two letters concerning the assassination of Kentucky governor William Goebel. One calls for funds to mount a press campaign to overthrow the Goebel Law. The other calls for a speedy preliminary examination for all those arrested following the assassination and requests money for their defense.

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