Speed family papers, ca. 1814-1944.

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Speed family papers, ca. 1814-1944.

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The collection contains correspondence to the early Speed Family members, usually concerning financial or legal matters. Later correspondence concerns a search for genealogical history of the family. The collection also includes business and legal documents, wills, deeds and political documents concerning the Mexican-American War and the Republican Party of 1875. Also included in the collection are genealogical records as well as a cookbook written by "Cousin Sue" and containing many old recipes.

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Speed, John, 1703-1781

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Republican Party (Ky.)

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Speed family.

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The Speeds were a prominent family in Louisville, Kentucky. After immigrating to Kentucky in the early-nineteenth century, John Speed (1772-1840) and his wife, Lucy (1788-1874) settled on Beargrass Creek and built Farmington, a Federal-style home. The Speed plantation specialized in hemp but produced a variety of other goods, including livestock, apples, and tobacco. Two of John and Lucy Speed's sons became prominent in business, law, and politics in the antebellum era. James Speed (1812-1887) w...