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Halsey, Edmund Tryon, 1850-1907, collector. Edmund T. Halsey Collection, 1771-1902.

Title: Edmund T. Halsey Collection, 1771-1902.

Collection of papers compiled by Halsey regarding the allied Thompson, Wallace, Hart, Taylor, and Vance families of Kentucky. Correspondence, 1771-1886, of the Nathaniel and Susanna Hart family, George Claiborne and Sarah Simpson Hart Thompson family, Arthur Hooe and Letitia P. Hart Wallace family, and William L. and Letitia Thompson Vance family discussing routine business matters; plantation activities; slaves; business; the Civil War, and local affairs. Also included are copies of Hart family Bible records; Hart family genealogical records; and a copy of an 1846 resolution of the Kentucky legislature replacing Jack Hart's (Nathaniel Hart's slave) rifle which was lost at the Battle of Blue Licks. Also includes a small group of John Jay Halsey papers, 1847-1849, includes letters, commissions, etc. regarding the Mexican War.

ArchivalResource: 1.33 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49253059 View

Shelby Family Papers, 1738-1916, (bulk 1757-1829)

Title: Shelby Family Papers 1738-1916 (bulk 1757-1829)

Correspondence, memoranda, legal and financial papers, military records, genealogical data, and memorabilia relating mainly to Evan Shelby, soldier and frontiersman, and to his son, Isaac Shelby, soldier and political leader, providing a record of frontier life and political and economic developments in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Kentucky.

ArchivalResource: 2,315 items; 9 containers; 2 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013008 View

Hart, Nathaniel, 1770-1844. Letter : Spring Hill, to Wilkins Tannehill, 1839 Apr. 27.

Title: Letter : Spring Hill, to Wilkins Tannehill, 1839 Apr. 27.

Handwritten transcript of letter.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (18 leaves)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52246162 View

Hart, Nathaniel, 1770-1844. Letter : Spring Hill, to Wilkins Tannehill, 1839 Apr. 27.

Title: Letter : Spring Hill, to Wilkins Tannehill, 1839 Apr. 27.

Handwritten transcript of letter.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (18 leaves)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84171335 View

Brown family. Brown family : papers, 1799-1846.

Title: Brown family : papers, 1799-1846.

Papers consist of letters written by members of the John Brown family, mostly by Margaretta Brown, wife of the senator. The heaviest concentration of the letters is for the periods 1799-1802, 1818-1819, and 1837-1838. The correspondence deals mainly with family matters. The health and education of their sons, Mason and Orlando Brown, are frequent topics, and there are scattered references to political and diplomatic affairs.

ArchivalResource: 56 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46737478 View

Grigsby family. Grigsby family : papers, 1818-1884.

Title: Grigsby family : papers, 1818-1884.

Early correspondence, 1818-1859, includes letters of Charles S. Todd discussing revolutionary activity in South America, the election of 1828, and personal matters; family letters noting day-to-day activity; letters of introduction for Alfred Shelby written by Martin Van Buren and Henry Clay; Letitia Todd's niece's 1 June 1832 letter to Susan Shelby describing the death of Todd's children from cholera; letters, 1833, to Virginia Shelby discussing the cholera epidemic in Kentucky; and letters between the women of the family detailing plantation life and their activities, often mentioning slaves and their activities. Correspondence dated 1860-1865 concerns the secession crisis; attitudes toward secession; slavery; the Civil War in Kentucky; confiscation of property and impressment of slave labor; John Grigsby's military service in the Confederate Army; daily activities; and family news and events. The papers of John Warren Grigsby contain family, personal, and business letters, 1838-1877, concerning his service as U.S. consul at Bordeaux, France, 1839-1849; his marriage to Susan P. Shelby; European travels; U.S. and Virginia politics; and his service in the Confederate Army. The remainder of the collection includes business accounts, legal papers, land papers, and genealogical material.

ArchivalResource: 11.66 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49252868 View

McDowell, James, 1770-1835. Papers, 1739-1849.

Title: Papers, 1739-1849.

Papers of a Rockbridge County, Virginia, planter and distiller, and father of James McDowell, Jr., who was governor of Virginia from 1843 to 1846. These are composed of correspondence, indentures, promissory notes, charges for general merchandise and medical care, account books, and records of the 8th Regiment of Virginia Militia commanded by Col. McDowell.

ArchivalResource: 5.2 c.f. (12 archives boxes and 2 v.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145786626 View

Bodley family. Bodley family papers, 1773-1939.

Title: Bodley family papers, 1773-1939.

Papers pertaining to the Bodley and related families, primarily in Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, and Virginia, include personal and business correspondence, business, legal, land, and military papers, and genealogical material. Personal correspondence, 1776-1920, revolves around Thomas Bodley, his son William Stewart Bodley, and his grandson Temple Bodley. Topics include Kentucky history and politics; prominent Kentucky families like the Breckinridges, Clays, Crittendens, and Wickliffes; presidential elections and candidates; African American colonization efforts; agriculture in Kentucky and the South; banking; California history and the gold rush; cholera and other diseases; churches; land speculation; North American Indians; lawyers in Kentucky and Mississippi; Louisville history and politics; the Mexican War; Mississippi history and politics; the Aaron Burr Conspiracy; railroad development; the Civil War; states' rights; Reconstruction; slavery; religion and religious thought; St. Louis history; United States history, politics, foreign relations, and military; Virginia history; the Whig Party; and World War I. Documents include three diaries (1770-1811, 1814-1815, 1863-1865); land papers, 1783-1912; business papers, 1781-1936; military papers, 1788-1852; and genealogy. The collection also contains a group of Clark-Hite-Shiell Papers.

ArchivalResource: 9.33 cubic feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86072194 View

Hart, Nathaniel, 1770-1844. Letter, 1791 Jan. 10.

Title: Letter, 1791 Jan. 10.

Hart's letter to his uncle notes that he likes the mercantile business and believes the store will become profitable. Goods are slow to arrive and in short supply. Defends a Mr. Beatty from a charge of gambling. Discusses land and says Daniel Boone "has acted like a scoundrel in the business." Notes that his brother Simpson died at Cumberland.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49279725 View

Draper, Lyman Copeland, 1815-1891,. Draper manuscripts: Kentucky papers, 1768-1892.

Title: Draper manuscripts: Kentucky papers, 1768-1892.

Collection of papers of diverse dates and formats dealing with the early history of Kentucky. The original manuscripts were created by pioneer Kentucky settlers representing numerous occupations and professions--land promoters, surveyors, farmers, housewives, historians, teachers, clergymen, merchants, and soldiers. Several volumes relate primarily to events, institutions, and people in the city of Lexington, Kentucky; elsewhere is material on the development of Louisville and other communities. A major portion of the collection consists of the papers of John D. Shane, a Presbyterian minister in Ohio and Kentucky.

ArchivalResource: 6.0 c.f. (37 volumes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145787140 View