George Robertson papers : letter and scrapbook, 1817-1872.

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George Robertson papers : letter and scrapbook, 1817-1872.

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This two item collection consists of a letter and scrapbook. The letter was written by George Robertson, in Washington City, to his wife in Kentucky. The letter was dated Nov. 26, 1817. In the letter, Robertson discusses meeting the president at the "palace", and a meeting with Henry Clay and Mr. Adams. He closes the letter by saying his wife should hire a cook, and asks her about his sick horse. The scrapbook was an old Morton's Coal ledger that had newsclippings, letters, and original poetry pasted over the pages. On some of the pages, the ledger entries are still ledgible and others did not have anything pasted over them at all. The scrapbook was kept mainly during the 1830's.

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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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Morton's Coal.

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Robertson, George, 1790-1874

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Robertson was a native of Mercer County. He attended Transylvania University for a year before reading law in the office of his brother-in-law, Samuel McKee, an U.S. Congressman. Robertson began the practice of law in Lancaster in 1809. He won election to Congress for three successive terms, beginning in 1817. In 1829 he became Chief Justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals. After fifteen years in the post, Robertson resigned to practice law privately in Lexington and teach law at Transylvania. ...