Beckham-Wickliffe family collection, 1818-1974, n.d. (bulk 1900-1941).

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Beckham-Wickliffe family collection, 1818-1974, n.d. (bulk 1900-1941).

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These are papers of the family of Governor J.C.W. Beckham, which include some papers of his grandfather, Governor Charles A. Wickliffe. Among these materials are an 1818 business letter to Wickliffe from William Henry Harrison, and an 1828 political letter to Wickliffe from Andrew Jackson. Other items include a manuscript copy of a speech or essay concerning Henry Clay's last speech in the U.S. Senate on the Compromise of 1850 and slavery, and a copy of Wickliffe's will. There are also printed and typed copies of speeches made by Governor Beckham during his gubernatorial terms and as U.S. senator; clippings and programs relating to J.C.W. Beckham, Jr.'s amateur theatricals and dance exhibitions; a political clippings scrapbook. This collection also contains ninety-three (93) Beckham-Wickliffe family photographs consisting mostly of images, ranging between the 1860s-1970s and are mostly of J.C.W. Beckham, his wife Jean Fuqua Beckham and their two children Eleanor and John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham, Jr. A group of genealogical papers that belonged to Jean Fuqua Beckham were transferred to the KHS library collection at time of processing.

.95 c.f., 2 v.

Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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