Gist family papers, 1806-1830.

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Gist family papers, 1806-1830.

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This collection consists of personal and family correspondence to Ann Elizabeth Gist Hart, Anna Maria Boswell Shelby Gratz, and Judith Cary Bell Gist Scott, spanning 1806-1830, with some undated correspondence. The bulk of the collection contains letters and poetry written by the artist Anna Maria von Phul to her friend Ann Elizabeth Gist Hart. Also included are letters addressed from family members written to Hart prior to her marriage to Nathaniel Gray Hart. Among these letters is one from Hart's sister Sarah Howard Gist Bledsoe discussing, in part, a visit to Dolley Madison's "drawing room" while Bledsoe was in Washington, D.C., circa 1814. Other series include letters to additional Gist family members from family and friends. Some items of interest within these series include an 1830 note of pedigree for a race horse that belonged to Anna Maria Boswell Shelby Gratz's first husband Orville Shelby, a letter from F. P. (Francis Preston) Blair to Judith Cary Bell Scott, and one unsigned letter, possibly from Benjamin Gratz, to a person named Ingersoll regarding Wabash land holdings. Other items of note include a letter written in 1822 by Harriette Williman Holley (Brand), daughter of Transylvania University president Horace Holley, to her friend Anna Maria Boswell (Shelby Gratz), discussing her education in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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Gist family.

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Blair, Francis Preston, 1791-1876

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Francis P. Blair, 1791-1876, was an influential Kentucky politician, and later, a Washington, D.C. newspaper editor. In 1814, Blair held the position of Franklin County Circuit Court Clerk, and in the 1820's was appointed Clerk of the New Court of Appeals. When the New Court collapsed, Blair became a writer for Amos Kendall's Argus of the Western America. Many pieces were printed in this publication supporting the election of Andrew Jackson over Henry Clay. From the description of Fr...

Scott, Judith Cary Bell Gist, 1750-1833

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Hart, Ann Elizabeth Gist, d. 1818.

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Von Phul, Anna Maria, 1786-1823.

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Gratz, Anna Maria Boswell Shelby, 1808-1882

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