Papers, 1786-1872.

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Papers, 1786-1872.

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Consists of the following items: Morton family Bible records kept by Cecilia Massey Morton (1790-1861); three letters of James R. Cocke and his wife, Hattie C. Cocke, 1859-1860; a letter of W.S. Jones, a student at the University of Kentucky, 1872; a photograph of a militia commission for William Betty of Brunswick County, Va., dated 1786 and signed by Patrick Henry; a printed remembrance of Cicely Harriett Baugh (1822-1893); and a program for a Kentucky University literary society celebration of George Washington's birthday, 1870.

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Tennessee State Library & Archives, TSLA

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Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799

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Patrick Henry (May 29, 1736 – June 6, 1799) was an American attorney, planter, politician, and orator known for declaring to the Second Virginia Convention (1775): "Give me liberty, or give me death!" A Founding Father, he served as the first and sixth post-colonial Governor of Virginia, from 1776 to 1779 and from 1784 to 1786. Henry was born in Hanover County, Virginia, and was for the most part educated at home. After an unsuccessful venture running a store, and assisting his father-in-law ...

Kentucky University

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Kentucky University merged with Transylvania University in the 1860s. From the description of Broadside, ca. 1870s. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 46606948 Historical note: Kentucky University was chartered in 1858 in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, largely through the efforts of John B. Bowman. It had formerly operated as Bacon College. The institution was closely tied to the Disciples of Christ Church whose members were to comprise two-thirds of its trustees....

University of Kentucky.

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The University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY is a land grant institution founded in 1865. The University evolved through three stages before becoming the University of Kentucky in 1916: the Agriculture and Mechanical College of Kentucky University, 1865-78, a private, denominational institution in Lexington created by an act of the legislature on February 22, 1865; the Agriculture and Mechanical College of Kentucky, 1878-1908; and State University, Lexington, 1908-1916. A statute in 1916 changed ...

Marcus-Jones, W. S. (Walter Sydney)

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Baugh, Cicely Harriett, 1822-1893.

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Cocke, Hattie C.

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Morton, Cecilia Massey, 1790-1861.

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Betty, William Hen. West (William Henry West), 1791-1874

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Cocke, James R. (James Richard), 1863-1900

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Morton family.

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