Collins, Lewis, 1797-1870

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Henry Perviance Peers (1807-1846) of Maysville, Kentucky, was the younger brother of Benjamin O. Peers, president of Transylvania University. H.P. Peers attended Transylvania University, but did not graduate. He assembled materials for, and wrote a draft of, a planned publication A complete gazetteer of the state of Kentucky . Peers did not complete this work before he died in March of 1846. After his death, his brother-in-law, Lewis Collins (1797-1870, newspaper editor and judge of Mason County, Kentucky) used Peers' work as a basis for the county and town information for Collins' 1847 publication, Historical sketches of Kentucky. Collins' history was the first illustrated history of Kentucky and the most complete work to date.

From the guide to the Henry Perviance Peers papers for, A complete gazetteer of the state of Kentucky, ca. 1842-1846., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University)

Henry Perviance Peers (1807-1846) assembled materials for, and wrote a draft of, a planned publication A complete gazetteer of the state of Kentucky. Peers did not complete this work before he died in March of 1846. After his death, his brother-in-law, Lewis Collins (1797-1870, newspaper editor and judge of Mason County, Kentucky) used Peers' work as a basis for the county and town information for Collins' 1847 publication, Historical sketches of Kentucky.

From the description of Henry Perviance Peers papers for A complete gazetteer of the state of Kentucky, 1842-1846. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612785491

Lewis Collins was a journalist and long-time editor of the Maysville Eagle, and author of Collins̕ Historical Sketches of Kentucky, in 1847. His son, Richard Collins wrote a two- volume History of Kentucky, based on his father̕s earlier work.

From the description of Lewis Collins papers, 1830-1871. (Kentucky Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 28616762

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creatorOf Collins, Lewis, 1797-1870,. Henry Perviance Peers papers for A complete gazetteer of the state of Kentucky, 1842-1846. Houghton Library
referencedIn Collins, Richard H., 1824-1889. Papers, 1761-1873. University of Chicago Library
creatorOf Henry Perviance Peers papers for, A complete gazetteer of the state of Kentucky, ca. 1842-1846. Houghton Library
creatorOf Adair, John, 1757-1840. Autographs : land documents, business letters, and signatures, 1794-1946, bulk 1794-1806. Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library
creatorOf McClung, John A. (John Alexander), 1804-1859. Outline history : historical record, 1846. Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library
referencedIn Lewis and Richard Collins papers, 1830-1871 (bulk 1840-1850). Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives, Kentucky State Archives
creatorOf Collins, Lewis, 1797-1870. Lewis Collins papers, 1830-1871. Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library
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associatedWith Armstrong, James S. person
associatedWith A. S. Mitchell person
correspondedWith Collins, Lewis person
associatedWith Collins, Mary Eleanor Peers. person
associatedWith Collins, Richard, 1824-1888. person
associatedWith Eastman, Harrison, b. ca. 1823. person
associatedWith Lee, Richard Henry. person
associatedWith McClung, John A. (John Alexander), 1804-1859. person
associatedWith Peers, Henry Perviance, 1807-1846. person
associatedWith Pickett, James Chamberlayne. person
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Birth 1797

Death 1870

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