Allen-Butler family papers, 1799-1864.

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Allen-Butler family papers, 1799-1864.

The papers consist almost entirely of letters written between members of the Butler and Allen families.

115 pieces.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6817937

University of Kentucky Libraries

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Stevenson, Thomas B., active 1848

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Duke, William, 1757-1840

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Epithet: of Add MS 32705 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000684.0x000248 ...

Logan, Benjamin, 1743-1802

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Kentucky frontiersman and legislator. From the description of Statement, 15 May 1786. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49251687 Logan was born in Augusta County, Virginia circa 1742. He began military service in Virginia, rising to the rank of lieutenant in Dunmore's War against the Ohio Indians in 1774. In 1775 he accompanied Richard Henderson to settle in Kentucky. Logan established a fort called St. Asaph's where the town of Stanford is now. He took p...

Allen Family.

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Soldier, Politician Colonel John Allen was a soldier during the War of 1812. His wife, Jane Logan Allen, was the daughter of Kentucky pioneer Benjamin Logan. Eliza, the daughter of John and Jane Allen, married Pierce Butler. Pierce Butler was a member of the Kentucky legislature during the period he wrote the letters in this collection. From the description of Allen-Butler family papers, 1799-1864. (University of Kentucky Libraries). WorldCat record id: 12685...

Butler family.

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Allen, John, 1772-1813

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Butler, Eliza Allen.

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Allen, Jane Logan.

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Butler, Pierce Mason, 1798-1847

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South Carolina banker, U.S. Army officer, and South Carolina governor. Pierce Mason Butler spent much of his military service at Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, and in 1838 was named agent to the Cherokees. From the description of Letter : Fort Gibson, Okla., to J.C. Spencer, Washington, D.C., 1842 Dec. 27. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32144186 Governor of South Carolina and army officer. From the description of Pierce Mason Butler papers, ...

Hanson, Roger G.

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Harlan, James, 1800-1863

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Lawyer, politician, and U.S. congressman. From the description of James Harlan : miscellaneous papers, 1829-1846. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49278814 Harlan, a lawyer, was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky (1835-1839). He also held several other posts in Kentucky. From the description of Letter, October 3, 1837. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 144570661 ...

Logan, Robert A., 1892-

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Robert Archibald Logan was born on in Middle Musquodoboit, N.S. on August 17, 1892. Born to small land-owning farmers, he helped his mother on the farm whilst attending school. On his graduation, he attended the Technical University of Nova Scotia to become a Dominion Land Surveyor. When war broke out in 1914, he learned to fly an airplane at his own expense, and became the first Canadian civilian pilot to earn a commission in the British Royal Flying Corps. During the war he distinguished himse...